Recognition and Power: Axel Honneth and the Tradition of Critical Social Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521184380)

The topic of recognition has come to occupy a central place in contemporary debates in social and political theory. Rooted in Hegel's work, developed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Taylor, it has been given renewed expression in the recent program for Critical Theory developed by Axel Honneth in his book The Struggle for Recognition. Honneth's research program offers an empirically insightful way of reflecting on emancipatory struggles for greater justice and a powerful theoretical tool for generating a conception of justice and the good that enables the normative evaluation of such struggles.

Author: Bert Van Den Brink,David Owen
ISBN-10: 052118438X
ISBN-13: 9780521184380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2010
Pages: 414
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d