Abstract:
This paper addresses Axel Honneth's recent endeavors to defend his theory of justice, broadly described in Freedom's right (2011) as an analysis of society. The paper begins by exposing Honneth's model as a theory of institutional intersubjectivity rather than a theory of the struggle for recognition. This model, however, was subject to criticism due to its supposed acceptance of the capitalistic market economy as a social order. In order to defend it from such objections, Honneth (2016)HONNETH, Axel. Remarks on the philosophical approach of Jacques Rancière. In: Axel Honneth; Jacques Rancière; Katie Genel; Jean-philippe Deranty (orgs.). Recognition or disagreement: a critical encounter on the politics of freedom, equality and identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. p. 96-106 <10.7312/ honn17716>.
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exposes the normative core of socialist ideals as a version of social freedom. Finally, he presents a distinction between two forms of political intervention: an internal and an external struggle for recognition - and asserts the advantages of the former.
Keywords:
Reciprocal recognition; Institutional intersubjectivity; Social freedom; Socialism; Struggle for recognition