Author: Outhwaite, William

Source: Economy and Society, Volume 38, Number 2, May 2009 , pp. 360-367(8)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Axel Honneth was already recognized as the leading figure in the 'third generation' of critical theory, long before he took up, in 1996, Habermas's chair in philosophy at Frankfurt and the directorship of the Institut fur Sozialforschung. He has for a long time been reconceptualizing Frankfurt critical theory in terms of an originally Hegelian conception of recognition, and associated notions of respect and disrespect - a model which brings out a concern with human suffering which was a strong feature of the first generation of critical theorists. This volume of translated essays, together with a recent volume in German and his 2005 Tanner Lectures on reification, provides a good opportunity to triangulate Honneth's developing work.

Keywords: Honneth; critical theory; recognition; reification; disrespect; social pathologies

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085140902786835

Affiliations: 1: School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

Publication date: 2009-05-01

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