Axel Honneth

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Axel Honneth is a German social philosopher and critical theorist known for his influential work on recognition, social justice, and the continuation of the Frankfurt School tradition.

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critical theorist
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social philosopher
academicDiscipline philosophy
political theory
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countryOfCitizenship Germany
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fieldOfWork critical theory
political philosophy
social philosophy
social theory
givenName Axel
influenced contemporary critical theory
normative social theory
theories of recognition
influencedBy G. W. F. Hegel NERFINISHED
György Lukács
surface form: Georg Lukács

George Herbert Mead
Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED
Karl Marx
Talcott Parsons
Theodor W. Adorno
Émile Durkheim
knownFor continuation of the Frankfurt School tradition
normative reconstruction of social institutions
theory of recognition
work on social justice
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
mainInterest democracy
freedom
recognition
social justice
social pathologies
movement Frankfurt School
critical theory
name Axel Honneth NERFINISHED
nationality German
notableWork Disrespect
Freedom’s Right
Pathologies of Reason
Reification
The I in We
The Idea of Socialism
The Struggle for Recognition
positionHeld Director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main
Professor at Columbia University
Professor of Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt
sexOrGender male

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Nancy Fraser coAuthor Axel Honneth
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Jürgen Habermas influenced Axel Honneth
Theodor W. Adorno influenced Axel Honneth