Ebook: Recognition or Disagreement: A Critical Encounter on the Politics of Freedom, Equality, and Identity

Axel Honneth is known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced a theory of modern politics based on disagreement. Underpinning their thought is a concern for the logics of exclusion and domination that structure contemporary societies. In a rare dialogue, these philosophers explore the affinities and tensions between their perspectives to provoke new ideas for social and political change. While Honneth sees modern society as a field in which the logic of recognition provides individuals with increasing possibilities for freedom and transformation, Rancière sees the social as a policing order and the political as a force that must radically assert equality. Their impassioned exchange advances critical theory's project of proposing new frameworks for justice.

Axel Honneth is known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced a theory of modern politics based on disagreement. In a rare dialogue, these philosophers explore the affinities and tensions between their perspectives to provoke new ideas for social and political change.