Recognition and freedom : : Axel Honneth's political thought / / edited by Odin Lysaker and Jonas Jakobsen.
Recognition and Freedom brings together leading international scholars to discuss the political thought of the social philosopher Axel Honneth. In addition to providing an introduction to Honneth’s political thought, the book examines topics such as education, solidarity, multiculturalism, agonism,...
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Superior document: | Social and Critical Theory, Volume 17 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Social and critical theory ;
Volume 17. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Notes: | Includes index. |
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Other title: | Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Recognition and Freedom in Axel Honneth’s Political Thought / 1 Education and the Democratic Public Sphere: A Neglected Chapter of Political Philosophy / 2 Recognition, Education, and Civic Equality: Uncovering the Normative Ideals of the Welfare State / 3 Recognition, Solidarity, and the Politics of Esteem: Basic Income as a Test Case / 4 Sociality, Anti-Sociality, and Social Work: Political Imagination in a Social Democratic Welfare State in Decline / 5 Dimensions of Freedom: Axel Honneth’s Critique of Liberalism / 6 Surplus of Indeterminacy: A Hegelian Critique of Neoliberalism / 7 Democratic Disagreement and Embodied Dignity: The Moral Grammar of Political Conflicts / 8 Contextualising Religious Pain: Saba Mahmood, Axel Honneth, and the Danish Cartoons / 9 Inquiries into Identity: The Struggle for Recognition in Erik Allardt’s Study of Ethnic Conflicts / 10 Ultimate Values and Immanent Critique: On Axel Honneth’s Das Recht der Freiheit and Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma / 11 Writing History from a Normative Point of View: The Reconstructive Method in Axel Honneth’s Das Recht der Freiheit / 12 Freedom, Solidarity, and Democracy: An Interview with Axel Honneth / Index. |
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Summary: | Recognition and Freedom brings together leading international scholars to discuss the political thought of the social philosopher Axel Honneth. In addition to providing an introduction to Honneth’s political thought, the book examines topics such as education, solidarity, multiculturalism, agonism, neo-liberalism and the ways in which these issues challenge core aspects of liberal democracies. The book includes an interview with Axel Honneth in the light of his most recent work, Freedom’s Right, as well as an essay by him previously unpublished in English. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004287345 |
ISSN: | 1572-459x ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Odin Lysaker and Jonas Jakobsen. |