The Political Theory of Recognition A Critical Introduction

by Thompson, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780745627625
• ISBN10: 0745627625
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-06
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

This clear and accessible book provides an excellent guide through the ongoing and increasingly significant debate between multiculturalism and its critics. Focusing on the work on Charles Taylor, Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, Simon Thompson analyses the argument that a just society is one that shows all its members due recognition.

Author Biography

Simon Thompson is a lecturer in politics at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
1 INTRODUCTION	1	(18)
1.1 The Rise of Recognition	1	(3)
1.2 The Politics of Recognition	4	(4)
1.3 Three Theories of Recognition	8	(6)
1.4 A Plan of the Argument	14	(5)
2 RECOGNITION AS LOVE	19	(23)
2.1 Introduction	19	(2)
2.2 Charles Taylor: The Dialogical Self	21	(3)
2.3 Axel Honneth: A Philosophical Anthropology	24	(3)
2.4 Nancy Fraser: The Discursive Subject	27	(4)
2.5 The Critique of Psychologization	31	(8)
2.6 Conclusions	39	(3)
3 RECOGNITION AS RESPECT	42	(25)
3.1 Introduction	42	(3)
3.2 Charles Taylor: The Politics of Universalism	45	(3)
3.3 Axel Honneth: Legal Recognition	48	(2)
3.4 Nancy Fraser: Parity of Participation	50	(4)
3.5 A Critical Comparison	54	(11)
3.6 Conclusions	65	(2)
4 RECOGNITION AS ESTEEM	67	(35)
4.1 Introduction	67	(3)
4.2 Charles Taylor: The Politics of Difference	70	(4)
4.3 Axel Honneth: The Principle of Achievement	74	(3)
4.4 Nancy Fraser: The Revaluation of Values	77	(4)
4.5 A Critical Comparison	81	(19)
4.6 Conclusions	100	(2)
5 RECOGNITION AND REDISTRIBUTION	102	(26)
5.1 Introduction	102	(2)
5.2 Nancy Fraser: Redistribution, Recognition and Participation	104	(4)
5.3 Axel Honneth: Redistribution as Recognition	108	(4)
5.4 A Critical Comparison	112	(14)
5.5 Conclusions	126	(2)
6 RECOGNITION AND DEMOCRACY	128	(31)
6.1 Introduction	128	(3)
6.2 Charles Taylor: Participatory Self-rule	131	(4)
6.3 Axel Honneth: Reflexive Co-operation	135	(4)
6.4 Nancy Fraser: Radical Democracy	139	(4)
6.5 A Critical Comparison	143	(13)
6.6 Conclusions	156	(3)
7 STRUGGLES FOR RECOGNITION	159	(27)
7.1 Introduction	159	(2)
7.2 Axel Honneth: Struggles for Recognition	161	(4)
7.3 Criticisms of Honneth	165	(19)
7.4 Conclusions	184	(2)
8 CONCLUSION	186	(2)
Notes	188	(12)
References	200	(8)
Index	208