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Education and the Theory of Recognition: interview with Axel Honneth
2017
Entrevista a Axel Honneth.
La cuestión del reconocimiento en América Latina. Perspectivas y problemas de la teoría político-social de Axel Honneth
2018
Axel Honneth. La torsione hegeliana della Teoria critica
2012
Recensione di E. Piromalli, Axel Honneth.Giustizia sociale come riconoscimento, Mimesis 2012.
Book Review : Freedom’s Right. The Social Foundations of Democratic Life
2015
Recognition in multicultural societies. Intergroup relations as second-order recognition
2015
Since the 1990s, the notion of social recognition has developed into a key concept for sociological theory. Recognition theory seems especially promising as a means of understanding intercultural conflicts, as the sociology of intercultural relations often addresses claims of recognition of a specific identity that is different from that of the main society. The aim of this article is to show that recognition theory can be used as a key concept in examining group inclusion in multicultural societies. Nevertheless, the existing theoretical approaches to recognition are insufficient for that purpose. Therefore, I develop my own approach to the recognition of minority groups as second-order re…
Towards a reconstructive approach in political philosophy : Rosanvallon and Honneth on the pathologies of todays democracy
2016
This paper compares the democratic theories of Pierre Rosanvallon and Axel Honneth. The aim is to show how their work could form the basis of a ‘reconstructivist’ approach in political philosophy that rehabilitates the insights of 19th-century thinkers such as Guizot and Hegel concerning the benefits of combining political philosophy with history and sociology. Whereas the dominant procedural approaches in political philosophy tend to disconnect normative theory from the actual study of society and its history, Rosanvallon and Honneth argue that in order to understand the problems that face our democratic societies today we need a closer connection between theory and practice. Both have the…
Democratic institutions and recognition of individual identities
2016
This paper draws from two central intuitions that characterize modern western societies. The first is the normative claim that our identities should be recognized in an authentic way. The second intuition is that our common matters are best organized through democratic decision-making and democratic institutions. It is argued here that while deliberative democracy is a promising candidate for just organization of recognition relationships, it cannot fulfil its promise if recognition is understood either as recognition of ‘authentic’ collective identities or as recognition of too atomistic or individualized subjects. If deliberative democracy is to be understood as successfully providing au…
Insults, humour and freedom of speech
2016
In this article we argue that freedom of speech should be understood as a social freedom. In the public discussion after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, it has often been understood as an absolute right to say anything – to offend, to make a fool of others and of oneself, and to express any opinion regardless of the consequences. We challenge this view and propose that advocating freedom of speech without understanding its social foundations is misleading and counterproductive. Based on the critical social theories of Erich Fromm, Charles Taylor and Axel Honneth, we show that there is an alternative tradition in which freedom is fundamentally rooted in social relations and therefore requires re…
Honneth frente a Habermas: confrontaciones sobre la renovación de la Teoría Crítica. Alcance y aporte del concepto de reconocimiento en la teoría de …
2013
La tesis trata sobre el papel que ha jugado la noción de reconocimiento en la tradición de la Teoría Crítica, en particular, en el intento de renovación teórica liderado por Axel Honneth frente a la teoría habermasiana. Por un lado, la posición crítica que Honneth ha desarrollado contra la teoría de Habermas y su insistencia en ofrecer una alternativa con mejor anclaje empírico, y por otro, el hecho de que ambos se han autopostulado como renovadores de la Teoría Crítica otorgando singular protagonismo a la noción hegeliana del reconocimiento intersubjetivo para una crítica social normativa, justifica la relevancia de una investigación comparativa. Aunque es a Honneth a quien rápida y explíc…
Tunnustussuhteet ja ryhmäpersoonat : tutkimus ryhmistä toimijoina tunnustussuhteissa
2008
Tutkimus käsittelee ryhmiä toimijoina tunnustussuhteissa. Kysymys on laaja ja se jakautuu pienempiin osakysymyksiin. Aluksi teen selkoa siitä, mitä tunnustussuhteilla tarkoitetaan. Kannattamani näkemyksen mukaan tunnustus on vastavuoroinen suhde, jossa toista ihmistä pidetään persoonana. Seuraamani Axel Honnethin (1995) mukaan tunnustus voidaan jakaa kolmeen eri lajiin, joiden pohjalta kehittyvät kutakin lajia ja tunnustuksen muotoa vastaavat käytännölliset itsesuhteet. Toiseksi keskityn siihen, millaisia vaatimuksia tunnustussuhteet asettavat toimijoille. Tunnustus on intersubjektiivista toimintaa, ja kantani mukaan se vaatii toimijoiltaan kykyä sekä suoraan radikaaliin intersubjektiivisuu…