Recognition or Disagreement : A Critical Encounter on the Politics of Freedom, Equality, and Identity / Axel Honneth, Jacques Rancière; Katia Genel, Jean-Philippe Deranty.

By: Honneth, Axel [author.]
Contributor(s): Deranty, Jean-Philippe | Genel, Katia | Rancière, Jacques
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: New Directions in Critical TheoryPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231541442Subject(s): Honneth, Axel, 1949- | Philosophy -- Modern (1450/1600- ) -- Germany -- 21st century | Critical theory | Political science -- Philosophy | Recognition (Philosophy)Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 320.092/2 LOC classification: B3399 | .H66 R43 2016B809.3 | .H667 2016
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Setting the Stage -- One. Jacques Rancière and Axel Honneth -- Two. Between Honneth and Rancière -- Part II. A Critical Encounter -- Three. Critical Questions on the Theory of Recognition -- Four. Remarks on the Philosophical Approach of Jacques Rancière -- Five. A Critical Discussion -- Part III. The Method of Critical Theory: Propositions -- Six. The Method of Equality: Politics and Poetics -- Seven. Of the Poverty of Our Liberty: The Greatness and Limits of Hegel’s Doctrine of Ethical Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Axel Honneth is best known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced an influential theory of modern politics based on disagreement. Underpinning their thought is a concern for the logics of exclusion and domination that structure contemporary societies. In a rare dialogue, these two philosophers explore the affinities and tensions between their perspectives to provoke new ideas for social and political change. Honneth sees modern society as a field in which the logic of recognition provides individuals with increasing possibilities for freedom and is a constant catalyst for transformation. Rancière sees the social as a policing order, and the political as a force that must radically assert equality. Honneth claims Rancière's conception of the political lies outside of actual historical societies and involves a problematic desire for egalitarianism. Rancière argues Honneth's theory of recognition relies on an overly substantial conception of identity and subjectivity. While impassioned, their exchange seeks to advance critical theory's political project by reconciling the rift between German and French post-Marxist traditions and proposing new frameworks for justice.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Setting the Stage -- One. Jacques Rancière and Axel Honneth -- Two. Between Honneth and Rancière -- Part II. A Critical Encounter -- Three. Critical Questions on the Theory of Recognition -- Four. Remarks on the Philosophical Approach of Jacques Rancière -- Five. A Critical Discussion -- Part III. The Method of Critical Theory: Propositions -- Six. The Method of Equality: Politics and Poetics -- Seven. Of the Poverty of Our Liberty: The Greatness and Limits of Hegel’s Doctrine of Ethical Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Axel Honneth is best known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced an influential theory of modern politics based on disagreement. Underpinning their thought is a concern for the logics of exclusion and domination that structure contemporary societies. In a rare dialogue, these two philosophers explore the affinities and tensions between their perspectives to provoke new ideas for social and political change. Honneth sees modern society as a field in which the logic of recognition provides individuals with increasing possibilities for freedom and is a constant catalyst for transformation. Rancière sees the social as a policing order, and the political as a force that must radically assert equality. Honneth claims Rancière's conception of the political lies outside of actual historical societies and involves a problematic desire for egalitarianism. Rancière argues Honneth's theory of recognition relies on an overly substantial conception of identity and subjectivity. While impassioned, their exchange seeks to advance critical theory's political project by reconciling the rift between German and French post-Marxist traditions and proposing new frameworks for justice.

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