Recognition or disagreement : a critical encounter on the politics of freedom, equality, and identity /

Axel Honneth is best known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques RanciEre 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 contempo...

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Main Authors: Honneth, Axel, 1949- (Author), Rancière, Jacques (Author)
Other Authors: Genel, Katia (Editor), Deranty, Jean-Philippe (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of 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.