Name: Recognition: A Chapter in the History of European Ideas (The Seeley Lectures)
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Author: Axel Honneth
ISBN: 9781108819305

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Recognition: A Chapter in the History of European Ideas (The Seeley Lectures)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Axel Honneth

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.4 x 14.1 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781108819305

Synopsis "Recognition: A Chapter in the History of European Ideas (The Seeley Lectures) "

The idea that we are mutually dependent on the recognition of our peers is at least as old as modernity. Across Europe, this idea has been understood in different ways from the very beginning, according to each country's different cultural and political conditions. This stimulating study explores the complex history and multiple associations of the idea of 'Recognition' in Britain, France and Germany. Demonstrating the role of 'recognition' in the production of important political ideas, Axel Honneth explores how our dependence on the recognition of others is sometimes viewed as the source of all modern, egalitarian morality, sometimes as a means for fostering socially beneficial behavior, and sometimes as a threat to 'true' individuality. By exploring this fundamental concept in our modern political and social self-understanding, Honneth thus offers an alternative view of the philosophical discourse of modernity.

Axel Honneth

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Axel Honneth is a German philosopher and sociologist regarded as one of the most significant figures of the so-called third generation of the Frankfurt School, known for his research in the theory of recognition and as a follower of the tradition of Critical Theory of society.

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