Recognition and Ambivalence
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Edited by:
Heikki Ikäheimo
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With contributions by:
Judith Butler
About this book
Author / Editor information
Kristina Lepold is junior professor of social philosophy and critical theory at Humboldt University Berlin.
Titus Stahl is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Groningen.
Reviews
Recognition and Ambivalence explores key issues regarding the merits and problems of considering the concept of recognition as a primary driver of critical social theory. By encouraging the contributors to think through the potential ambivalences, and negative impact, of such a focus, the editors have provided a uniquely valuable volume that facilitates a nuanced and qualified defense of critical recognition theory by taking us beyond the current debates that have engaged supporters and detractors.
Frederick Neuhouser, author of Rousseau's Critique of Inequality: Reconstructing the Second Discourse:
This book brings together a diverse array of scintillating essays from some of the most important proponents and critics of recognition theory today. One pervasive theme is the ambiguity of recognition—its dangers as well as its indispensability to human life. In this respect Recognition and Ambivalence implicitly makes Rousseau rather than Hegel into the true founder of recognition theory, while at the same time developing it in ways that illuminate such contemporary phenomena as racism, gender inequality, postcolonial domination, reification, and emancipatory social movements.
Patchen Markell, Cornell University:
This fascinating encounter between Judith Butler and Axel Honneth—accompanied by a terrific collection of critical essays—advances the theoretical conversation about the political valence of recognition, casts a clarifying eye on its past, and shows how much patient labor is required to achieve understanding across differences in philosophical approach and political perspective. Indispensable!
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