Axel Honneth's social philosophy of recognition : freedom, normativity, and identity / by Roland Theuas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theuas, Roland, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This book presents a reconstruction of the trajectories of freedom in Axel Honneth's recognition theory in the context of the conflict between autonomy and social cohesion. Honneth's re-appropriation of Hegel's notion of Sittlichkeit, or "ethical life," provides a potent descriptive theoretical perspective of social conflicts and an articulated praxis of Hegel's social theory. Amidst the current critical literature posed against the normative aspect of Honneth's critical theory, there is an already implicit solution to the problem of normativity and reification. By articulating the conflict between freedom and normativity as both a pathological problem and a progressive movement in critical theory, the theme of solidarity is further reinforced in the development of Honneth's social philosophy. Through the consolidation of the process of recognition, and the spheres of social interaction where individuals develop, reinforce, and build their identities, it is possible to develop a reverse analysis of a complementary system of social interactions between personal relations, market economy, and democratic spheres to identify deficiencies in societal needs. The book proposes the Reconstructive Normative Simulation (RNS) to consolidate Honneth's social philosophy. Through RNS, it is possible to examine social pathologies by locating deficiencies in normative resources in the three social spheres. By articulating these deficiencies, the possibility of adjusting societal norms becomes historically bound to existing norms, while at the same time receptive to forthcoming identities.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Problem of Freedom and Normativity

2. Contextualising Honneth's Recognition Theory

Part One

1. Recognition, Identity, and Solidarity

2. Critique of History, Power, and Critique Itself

3. Social Struggles Towards Recognition

Part Two

1. Disrespect and Recognition

2. Disrespect and Autonomous Critique

2. A. Experimental and Pathological Forms of Disrespect

3. Solidarity and Ethical Life

Part Three

1. Justifying a Formal Praxis of Social Critique

2. The Historical Development of Freedom

3. The Realisation of Freedom in the Democratic Appropriation of the Ethical Life

4. Solidarity in Concrete Social Freedom

5. Recognising Freedom

Part Four

1. The Impasse of Identity and Solidarity

2. Kompridis' Critique of Critical Theory

3. Kompridis' Critique of Honneth's Recognition Theory

4. Recognition as the Socialised Freedom of Identities

5. Freedom and Recognition

Part Five

1. Confidence in Identities and their Role in Maintaining Freedom through Recognition

2. Social Freedom and Antecedent Recognition

3. Love and Personal Relations

4. Esteem and Market Economy

5. The Sphere of Democracy and Rights

6. Some General Triangulations of Reconstructive Normative Simulations

7. Critical Points and Perspectives with RNS

Summary and Conclusions

1. Summary

2. Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 15, 2018).

ISBN:

1-5275-0699-1

OCLC:

1020319503