Recognition and Power: Axel Honneth and the Tradition of Critical Social Theory (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521864459)

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
ISBN-10: 0521864453
ISBN-13: 9780521864459
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2007
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.43w x 1.21d