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  2. Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition. Axel Honneth describes humans as beings that constantly seek recognition. In his famous theory of recognition, he argues that recognition is necessary for how we humans maintain a good relationship with ourselves, and for how we develop our identity.

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  3. Aug 23, 2013 · Recognition theory is thought to be especially well-equipped to illuminate the psychological mechanisms of social and political resistance. As experiences of misrecognition violate the identity of subjects, the affected are supposed to be particularly motivated to resist, that is, to engage in a “struggle for recognition.”

  4. Sep 13, 2010 · Over the last two decades, the concept of recognition has become central to debates within two distinct intellectual contexts: contemporary social and political philosophy, on the one hand, and history of philosophy, of German Idealism in particular, on the other.

  5. Dec 10, 2015 · Axel Honneth’s The Struggle for Recognition develops an empirically anchored theory of social conflict based on Hegel’s theory of recognition. In this book, he argues for an intersubjective view of identity and a moral interpretation of social conflict.

  6. Recognition and Social Theory. Carl-Goran Heidegren. Lund University, Sweden. abstract: Recognition denotes a basic medium of social integration. It provides an. answer to the question: What holds a society together? Recognition is also crucial to the process of socialization and identity formation. In order to develop a personal.

  7. starting point of Charles Taylor’s theory of recognition: The thesis is that our identity is partly shaped by recognition or its absence, often by the mis recognition of others, and so a person or a group of people

  8. Jan 16, 2013 · 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 important parts of his theory have changed.

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