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Axel Honneth

Political Philosophy

Axel Honneth is a German philosopher, born in 1949, working in the tradition of critical theory, who is Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University. He directed the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research from 2001 to 2018.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1949 1
Defining MomentSourced to the subject's own account
Built his theory of recognition from Hegel, supplemented by Mead's social psychology, Habermas's communicative ethics and Winnicott's object relations theory. 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1949-07-18 1
Notable PublicationSourced to the subject's own account
The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts (1992) 1
Office HeldSourced to the subject's own account
Director of the Institute for Social Research, University of Frankfurt, 2001 to 2018 1
Office HeldSourced to the subject's own account
President of the Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung (International Hegel Association), 2007 to 2017 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Essen, West Germany 1
TraditionSourced to the subject's own account
Critical theory (Frankfurt School) 1
Classification
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
Germany 1
Axel Honneth
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Critiqued Here

Nancy Fraser, Philosophers
Source Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)

Influenced By

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1. Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Biography section, first sentence (birth year)
    Honneth was born in Essen, West Germany, on 18 July 1949.
  • Biography section, first sentence (birth date)
    Honneth was born in Essen, West Germany, on 18 July 1949.
  • Biography section, first sentence (birthplace)
    Honneth was born in Essen, West Germany, on 18 July 1949.
  • Research section, second main work sentence
    In his second main work The Struggle for Recognition: Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts, the recognition concept is derived mainly from G. W. F. Hegel's early social philosophical works
  • Research section, second main work sentence, continuation
    but is supplemented by George Herbert Mead's social psychology, Jürgen Habermas' communicative ethics, and Donald Winnicott's object relations theory
  • Lead section, second sentence
    He directed the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research between 2001 and 2018.
  • Biography section, editorships paragraph
    From 2007 to 2017, Honneth was President of the Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung (International Hegel Association).
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is a German philosopher working in the tradition of critical theory
  • Associated With: Nancy Fraser, Axel Honneth Wikipedia article, Research section, co-authorship sentence
    In 2003, Honneth co-authored Recognition or Redistribution? with the feminist philosopher Nancy Fraser, who criticizes the priority of ethical categories such as recognition over structural social-political categories such as redistribution in Honneth's thought.
  • Influenced By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Research section, second main work sentence (edge, Hegel)
    the recognition concept is derived mainly from G. W. F. Hegel's early social philosophical works
  • Influenced By: Jurgen Habermas, Biography section, Habermas paragraph
    He was then hired as assistant professor in Habermas's research group at the Goethe University Frankfurt, where he co-taught seminars with Habermas from 1983 to 1989.
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