Injustice, violence and social struggle: the critical potential of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition

Jean-Philippe Deranty

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Injustice, violence and social struggle: the critical potential of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition

Jean-Philippe Deranty^*

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Abstract

Honneth's fundamental claim that the normativity of social orders can be found nowhere but in the very experience of those who suffer injustice leads, I argue, to a radical theory and critique of society, with the potential to provide an innovative theory of social movements and a valid alternative to political liberalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-322
Number of pages	26
Journal	Critical Horizons
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/1568516042653549
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Honneth
Marx
recognition
critique
social struggle
critical theory
violence

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