Tag: Honneth

Free Download Roland Theuas DS. Pada, "Axel Honneth’s Social Philosophy of Recognition: Freedom, Normativity, and Identity"
English | ISBN: 1527503100 | 2017 | 211 pages | PDF | 962 KB
This book presents a reconstruction of the trajectories of freedom in Axel Honneths recognition theory in the context of the conflict between autonomy and social cohesion. Honneths re-appropriation of Hegels notion of Sittlichkeit, or ethical life, provides a potent descriptive theoretical perspective of social conflicts and an articulated praxis of Hegels social theory. Amidst the current critical literature posed against the normative aspect of Honneths critical theory, there is an already implicit solution to the problem of normativity and reification. By articulating the conflict between freedom and normativity as both a pathological problem and a progressive movement in critical theory, the theme of solidarity is further reinforced in the development of Honneths social philosophy.

Free Download Dagmar Wilhelm, "Axel Honneth: Reconceiving Social Philosophy "
English | ISBN: 1783486392 | 2018 | 246 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Axel Honneth is one of the most influential social and political philosophers in contemporary German political thought and one of the central figures of the third generation of the Frankfurt School. Honneth’s philosophical project presents at once a solution to a problem that has beset Frankfurt School Critical Theory from the first generation onwards, and offers a re-conceptualisation of social philosophy and its methodology in general. Honneth’s work presents a viable alternative to mainstream (especially Rawlsian) political philosophy by taking on challenges mainstream theories tend to avoid.