Abstract
Lately the issue of social recognition has been discussed frequently – by philosophers, social scientists, politicians and scholars focusing on various fields, e.g. media theorists, sociologists, ethicists. The idea of recognition is in the centre of our attention mainly in the context of serious problems, which are related to migration of culturally diverse people; these aspects are, in fact, at the heart of the problem of recognition as such. The last decades have brought advanced communication technologies and new trends associated with communication between people from different cultures and minorities; however, the present situation forces us to face increasingly escalated conflicts, terrorist attacks and military operations. The questions of recognition, in their full complexity, have been a part of western thinking – even though not in its very centre – for several decades. The first part of the article mainly deals with the issue of social dimension of different forms of recognition proposed by Axel Honneth; emphasis is put on the third form of Honneth’s recognition tripartite – solidarity. The second part of the text addresses the problem of social injustice. Social movements presume that they are able to establish new normative goals. The struggle for moral recognition is, however, motivated by experience of expected abuse, and functions as the very source of moral development. Various types of injustice share their essential basis – misrecognition. Perfect society is therefore a society built upon subjects that offer mutual recognition; members of such a perfect society expect that the social establishment should offer them certain possibilities of self-realisation. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1p538
Highlights
Axel Honneth follows the tradition of social and political theory, which claims to defend the modern project of enlightenment; he approves of procedural rationality, and sees it as a result of connection between rational procedures and empirical, normative reality of the living world
The given normative content is an integrated part of both ‘relationship to oneself’ and relationships related to mutual recognition
Justice and well-being of the society are measured by the degree of its ability to ensure the conditions for mutual recognition that allow shaping of personal identity and individual self-realisation to proceed sufficiently
Summary
Axel Honneth follows the tradition of social and political theory, which claims to defend the modern project of enlightenment; he approves of procedural rationality, and sees it as a result of connection between rational procedures and empirical, normative reality of the living world. Honneth refuses to build upon the atomistic tradition of social and political theory that is based on Hobbes’s view on the society He sees the driving force of social development in the efforts to establish relationships with regard to mutual recognition. The given normative content is an integrated part of both ‘relationship to oneself’ and relationships related to mutual recognition It represents the necessity of maintaining one’s own identity while engaging in social interaction 2013); these factors have to be positively evaluated by the other interaction participants
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