In an era of heightened concern about injustice in relations of identity and difference,
political theorists often prescribe equal recognition as a remedy for the ills of subordination …

A tension between the desire to be respected as an equal and the desire to distinguish
oneself as a unique person lies at the heart of the modern social order. Everyone cares …

Challenging the fundamental tenet of the multicultural movement--that social struggles
turning upon race, gender, and sexuality are struggles for recognition--this work offers a …

Recognition has both a normative and a psychological dimension. Arguably, if you
recognize another person with regard to a certain feature, as an autonomous agent, for …

This article argues that Axel Honneth's ethics of recognition offers a robust model for a
renewed critical theory of society, provided that it does not shy away from its political …

The topic of recognition has come to occupy a central place in debates in social and political
theory. Developed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Taylor, it has been given …

This article focuses upon the disagreement between Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth about
how to characterize the relation between social suffering and recognition struggles. For …

Over the last decade, Axel Honneth has established himself as one of the leading social and
political philosophers in the world today. Rooted in the tradition of critical theory, his writings …

Everyone agrees that discrimination can be a grave moral wrong. Yet this consensus masks
fundamental disagreements about what makes something an act of discrimination, as well …

In this book, Shane O'Neill argues that the theory of justice must take seriously two
dimensions of pluralism in the modern world. While it must acknowledge the plurality of …