Axel Honneth is a prominent critical theorist whose work has significantly influenced contemporary critical theory and social and political philosophy. This authoritative book brings together leading scholars to debate the present and future of critical theory as a socially grounded philosophy that analyzes and critiques society. Honneth's writings focus on critique, recognition, freedom, progress, and socialism, and his arguments have advanced current debates in these areas. The contributing authors use these themes to structure their discussion of the future of critical theory in our contemporary moment.

Format: Hardback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2020
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International

Axel Honneth: A Critical Theorist of Our Time

Axel Honneth is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary critical theorists. His oeuvre, which spans more than four decades of writing, has been enormously influential in the shaping of current critical theory and beyond. This authoritative book takes the central themes of Honneth's work as a starting point for debating the present and future of critical theory as a form of socially grounded philosophy that is geared toward analyzing and critiquing society. Honneth's writings revolve around five key themes: critique, recognition, freedom, progress, and socialism. His arguments engaging with each of these themes have substantially advanced current debates in critical theory and social and political philosophy more generally. The contributing authors take on these five themes and use them as a springboard to structure their discussion of the future of critical theory in our contemporary moment.

Weight: 662g
Dimension: 229 x 161 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786614780