The concept of recognition in contemporary social philosophy: a critical perspective on the connection between the struggle for recognition and emancipation in Axel Honneth and Judith Butler

dc.contributor.advisorKattago, Siobhan, juhendaja
dc.contributor.authorKozlova, Viktorija
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Humanitaarteaduste ja kunstide valdkondet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Filosoofia osakondet
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T07:50:51Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T07:50:51Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe concept of recognition has attracted wide-spread interest in social and political philosophy during the last decades. This thesis critically examines the notion of recognition in social and political theory concentrating on the works of Axel Honneth, the author who has, arguably, presented the most comprehensive social theory of recognition to date. The thesis reconstructs Honneth’s theory of recognition in light of the connection between recognition and social change, which, for him, is understood as driven by the struggle for recognition. Drawing from the works of Judith Butler, I emphasize the ambivalent character of recognition through its connection to subject formation. Following Butler, it is argued that before a person can enjoy recognition, they must first become recognizable, which in turn is conditioned by the existent dynamics of power. As a result, I conclude that particular expressions of the desire for recognition are significantly limited in their emancipatory potential.en
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dc.identifier.other20.03.01 KOZ 01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/92082
dc.language.isoenget
dc.publisherTartu Ülikoolet
dc.rightsopenAccesset
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectphilosophyen
dc.subjectsocial philosophyen
dc.subjectpolitical philosophyen
dc.subject.othermagistritöödet
dc.subject.otherfilosoofiaet
dc.subject.othersotsiaalfilosoofiaet
dc.subject.otherpoliitiline filosoofiaet
dc.titleThe concept of recognition in contemporary social philosophy: a critical perspective on the connection between the struggle for recognition and emancipation in Axel Honneth and Judith Butleren
dc.typeThesisen

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