The social dynamics of disrespect: On the location of critical theory today

Authors

  • Axel Honneth Columbia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2018v17n40p21

Abstract

In this article, which originally is the text of Axel Honneth’s inaugural speech at the the Otto- Suhr-Institut at the Free University of Berlin, the author delineates the program of an intersubjective theory of recognition, taking that category as the conceptual core of a Critical Theory of society in which pre-theoretical experiences of disrespect of one’s social expectations are connected to the emergence of emancipatory claims.

Author Biography

Axel Honneth, Columbia University

Axel Honneth é o Professor Jack C. Weinstein de Humanidades no Departmento de Filosofia na Columbia
University; foi diretor do Instituto para Pesquisa Social (Institut für Sozialforschung) na Goethe-Universität em
Frankfurt am Main entre 2001 e 2018 e Professor de Filosofia Social na mesma universidade entre 1996 e 2016.

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Published

2018-12-29

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 40 (2018)

Section

Thematic Dossier

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