Realizing Honneth

Redistribution, Recognition, and Global Justice

Bibliographic Data

ID7093301
AuthorsVolker M Heins (0000-0002-8634-6605, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume4
Issue2
Pages141-153
Publication date2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Global Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-9626 • E-ISSN: 1744-9634
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449620802194025
OpenAlexW2028301568
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited11

The purpose of this article is to explore the potential contribution of Axel Honneth's critical theory of recognition to empirical and normative debates on global justice. I first present, very briefly, an overview of recent theories of global distributive justice. I argue that theorists of distributive justice do not pay enough attention to sources of self-respect and conditions for identity formation, and that they are blind toward the danger of harming people's sense of self even by well-intentioned redistributive policies. Honneth's theory suffers from complementary shortcomings; it is anti-technocratic but largely oblivious to the global nature of many contemporary justice claims. Given this situation, I seek to broaden the theory's scope by outlining transnational extensions of the recognition principles of love, rights and solidarity identified by Honneth. In conclusion, I show how utilizing a broadened conceptualization of the struggle for recognition allows us to better understand the changing logic of justice-oriented foreign policies

Conceptualization · Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Global justice · Identity (music · Law and economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Solidarity · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religion and Society Interactions · Law · Philosophy

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