Abstract
The article presents and discusses Axel Honneth's theory of recognition as a specific constellation, i.e. as a theoretical endeavour spanning over and interrelating positions in the fields of anthropology, social theory, and politics. As essential components in this constellation is discerned an anthropology of recognition, a social philosophy of different forms of recognition, a morality of recognition, a theory of democratic ethical life as a social ideal, and a notion of political democracy as an ambitious reflexive form of social cooperation. A tentative attempt is also made to elucidate the motivational history that underlies and animates Honneth's theoretical endeavour and accounts for its specific 'spirit'.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 433-446 |
| Journal | Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
Free keywords
- anthropology of transcendence
- constellation
- motivational history
- recognition
- Axel Honneth
- pluralistic ethics
- sociologi
- sociology