In recent years, the notion of recognition has gained a central position in debates about
multiculturalism, identity politics, problems of rights and justice, and the struggles of groups …

The theory of recognition has much to offer the field of political communication as it struggles
to comprehend communicative dysfunctions, political polarization and governing crises …

The main motive behind most research into mass communications is the explicit or implicit
premise that the mass media and the way they construct and convey presentations of reality …

Few thinkers have made such significant contribution to social and political thinking over the
last three decades as Axel Honneth. His theory of recognition has rejuvenated the political …

Why is there so much research about the role of the news media in political conflict and war
and so little concerning the media and peace? Perhaps the role of the news media in peace …

In dialogue with his interlocutor, Axel Honneth summarizes the way his work on recognition
has unfolded over the past two decades. While he has retained his principal insights, some …

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 …

Those who have come to expect thunderous denuciations of mass culture from the Frankfurt
School will be struck by the ambivalence with which Jürgen Habermas treats the mass …

This book is about democracy and communication. The media and popular culture are often
identified as bearing primary responsibility for the decline of active citizenship and the decay …

From the classic question regarding the relative determination of social life by either
economic, political, or cultural factors, follows the question of how the media, in particular …