Suffering from Indeterminacy: An Attempt at a Reacturalization of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

by Axel Honneth

Genres: Philosophy

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Axel Honneth (born July 18, 1949) is a professor of philosophy at both the University of Frankfurt and Columbia University. He is also director of the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute for Social Research) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Honneth's work focuses on social-political and moral philosophy, especially relations of power, recognition, and respect. One of his core arguments is for the priority of intersubjective relationships of recognition in understanding social relations. This includes non- and mis-recognition as a basis of social and interpersonal conflict. For instance, grievances regarding the distribution of goods in society are ultimately struggles for recognition.

Reviews

[Ft. Sheridan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing isn't great, in part because these are lectures. Interesting stuff happens while Honneth gives a schematic explanation of the Philosophy of Right, but it would have been better as either an in depth interpretive book or, alternatively, something that was less centered on exposition of Hegel.