Danielle Petherbridge

The Critical Theory of Axel Honneth (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Critical Theory of Axel Honneth provides a comprehensive study of the work of Axel Honneth, tracing the theoretical trajectory from his earliest writings on philosophical anthropology to the development of a theory of recognition. The book argues that Honneth's early work provides important insights for the reconstruction of the normative project of critical theory and the articulation of a conceptual framework for analyzing social relations of power and domination. Danielle Petherbridge contends, however, that these aims are not fully realized in Honneth's more mature project and that central insights recede as his project develops. Petherbridge seeks to demonstrate that the basis for an alternative theory of intersubjectivity that can account for both an adequate theory of power and normative forms of subject-formation can be immanently reconstructed from within Honneth's own work. By contextualizing Honneth's project in relation to its theoretical influences, The Critical Theory of Axel Honneth provides a critical study and excellent entry point that will be essential reading for both students and scholars who work in the areas of European philosophy, critical theory, social and political philosophy, or social and political theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881885991
• Artikelnr.: 74397527

Autorenporträt

Danielle Petherbridge is an Irish Research Council research fellow in the school of philosophy at University College Dublin. She is editor of Axel Honneth: Critical Essays, (2011), co-editor of Recognition, Work, Politics: New Direction in French Critical Theory, (2007); Contemporary Perspectives in Critical and Social Philosophy, (2004); and coordinating editor of the journal Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Honneth's Reconstruction of Critical Theory Chapter 1:
The Intersubjective Grounds of Critique: From Mutual Understanding to
Mutual Recognition Chapter 2: Reading Marx after habermas Part 2:
Unfinished Studies on a Theory of Power Chapter 3: The Social as a Field of
Struggle: Foucault's Action-Theoretic View Chapter 4: Regimes of
Discipline: Foucault's Domination-Theoretic View Chapter 5:
Intersubjectivity in the Condition of Power: Re-reading Foucault Part 3:
Honneth's Intersubjectivist Reading of Hegel Chapter 6: From the
Contingency of Struggle to the Primacy of Recognition Chapter 7: The
Normative Ground of Conflict and Sociality Part 4: Intersubjective
Dependency and Socialization: Mead and Winnicott Chapter 8: Practical
Intersubjectivity and Sociality in Mead Chapter 9: Intersubjectivity or
Primary Affectivity? Honneth's Reading of Winnicott Part 5: Anthropology,
Recognition & Critique Chapter 10: A Critical Theory of Recognition:
Anthropological, Historical or Ontological Justification? Chapter 11: The
Power of Critique Bibliography