In the last few decades, the concept of recognition has moved to the forefront of philosophical research, particularly in political and social philosophy but also related areas, including philosophy of race and gender, philosophy of mind and social psychology. It is also a concept with deep roots, going back to Rousseau and Hegel and up to the work of much more recent thinkers, such as Charles Taylor and Axel Honneth.
In this outstanding volume, an international roster of contributors explore the philosophy of recognition from multiple standpoints, providing a thought-provoking and wide-ranging reassessment of the concept. Covering the fundamental figures and themes - from the origins of recognition as a philosophical concept to contemporary issues and debates – twenty-eight chapters are divided into four clear parts:
- Aesthetic recognition, including Kant, Simmel, and the relationship between recognition and art and film, including John Boorman's Deliverance and the Dardennes' brothers Rosetta
- Recognition in philosophy of mind and language, including mind-reading in philosophy of mind, psychoanalysis, Hegel's theory of recognition and recognition and epistemic agency
- The ethics of recognition, including Homer, Plato, classical yoga, Friedrich Schlegel, Simone de Beauvoir and existential recognition, the Anthropocene, and recognition and the ethics of institutional care
- The social and political philosophy of recognition, including Kant and property, slavery and liberation, Hannah Arendt and phenomenology and recognition and gift-giving.
With a very helpful introduction by the editors, Recognition: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives provides an authoritative and multi-faceted exploration of this fascinating concept, expanding its relevance considerably. It will be important reading for those in philosophy as well as related disciplines such as political theory, sociology, social psychology and psychoanalysis.
This volume explores the philosophy of recognition from multiple standpoints, providing a wide-ranging reassessment of the concept. It is vital reading for those in philosophy as well as related disciplines such as political theory, sociology, social psychology and psychoanalysis.
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'Since path-breaking work on the theme in the 1990s and early 2000s, recognition theory has developed into a major research approach, perhaps even paradigm, in philosophy and related disciplines. Certain limiting assumptions about recognition are widely associated with this approachassumptions concerning the history of the idea, the legitimate areas of application of the approach, the paradigmatic structure of recognition-relations, and their possible relata. This superb collection of new essays shakes these associations and paves way for understanding recognition as having a much wider significance than often thoughtuniversally human and perhaps even crossing the boundary between the human and the non-human. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the theme of recognition.' - Heikki Ikäheimo, University of New South Wales, Australia 'Since path-breaking work on the theme in the 1990s and early 2000s, recognition theory has developed into a major research approach, perhaps even paradigm, in philosophy and related disciplines. Certain limiting assumptions about recognition are widely associated with this approachassumptions concerning the history of the idea, the legitimate areas of application of the approach, the paradigmatic structure of recognition-relations, and their possible relata. This superb collection of new essays shakes these associations and paves way for understanding recognition as having a much wider significance than often thoughtuniversally human and perhaps even crossing the boundary between the human and the non-human. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the theme of recognition.' - Heikki Ikäheimo, University of New South Wales, Australia
'A rich philosophical discussion has been initiated in the 1990s by the seminal works of Charles Taylor, Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser. This fascinating collection provides new directions for this discussion. It demonstrates that contemporary theories of recognition offer a novel and unanticipated perspective on certain philosophies of the past, including those of Plato and classical Yoga. Furthermore, it addresses issues that have hitherto been neglected, such as aesthetics and the philosophy of language. And finally, this collection sheds light on new dimensions of the politics of recognition. It very convincingly shows that the concept of recognition offers a fundamental resource for individuals and groups who seek to address contemporary challenges, social and political, through a philosophical lens.' - Emmanuel Renault, University Paris Nanterre, France
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Philosophies of Recognition: An
Introduction Matthew Congdon and Thomas Khurana Part 1: Aesthetics
1.
Aesthetic Recognition: A Kantian Model Samantha Matherne
2. Three Models of
Aesthetic Recognition Jörg Schaub
3. Playing Society: Simmels Sociability
and the Idea for an Aesthetic Species of Recognition Barbara Carnevali
4. A
Recognitive Bond without Terms: The Concept of Aesthetic Action Florian
Klinger
5. Recognizing Others Through Art Scott Shushan
6. Recognition and
Deliverance Andrew Norris
7. Failed Recognition in the Dardennes Rosetta:
Hegelian Implications Robert B. Pippin Part 2: Mind, Language, and Knowledge
8. Recognition versus Mind-Reading in Philosophy of Mind and Language Richard
Moran
9. Recognition in Theory: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Epistemology of
Recognition Francey Russell
10. Acknowledgment Is Not Recognition: On the
Perlocutionary Dimension of Our Normative Practices Daniele Lorenzini
11.
From Interacting Substances to Recognizing People: On the Logical Foundations
of Hegels Theory of Recognition Andrew Werner
12. Recognition and
Intellectual Self-Trust Nadja El Kassar
13. Homeplace: Recognition-giving
Practices and Epistemic Agency in Communal Spaces Hilkje C. Hänel Part 3:
Ethics
14. Ancient Greek Recognition? Homer, Plato, and the Struggle for
Honor Jonathan Fine
15. Recognition of the Will Wayne Martin
16. Persons,
Animals, and Recognition: A Classical Yoga Perspective Owen Ware
17. A
Romance of Recognition: Nature, Gender and Sex(ism) in Friedrich Schlegel
Federica Gregoratto
18. Unveiling Existential Ambiguity: The Role of
Recognition in Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy Manon Garcia
19. From Ecocide
to Natures Right: Recognition in the Anthropocene Jay Bernstein
20. Moral
Invisibility and Institutional Care Vanessa Carbonell Part 4: Social and
Political Philosophy
21. Kants Theory of Property as a Theory of Mutual
Recognition Rafeeq Hasan
22. Recognition in a Form of Life Terry Pinkard
23.
G.W.F. Hegel, Frantz Fanon, and Angela Davis on Recognition, Slavery, and
Liberation Daniel James and Franz Knappik
24. Five Notes on
Counter-Recognition Daniel Loick
25. Metamorphosis of Value: Epistemic
Protocols in the Racial Longue Durée Rocío Zambrana
26. Arendts Philosophy
of Appearance and the Ambivalences of Recognition Sophie Loidolt
27. The
Power of the Third: Recognition and Gift-Giving Dirk Quadflieg
28. Equality,
Interpellation, Liberation: Three Vectors of Recognition Christoph Menke
(translated by Jacob Blumenfeld). Index
Matthew Congdon is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, USA, specializing in ethics, social philosophy, and aesthetics. His book, Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts, was published in 2024.
Thomas Khurana is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and Director of the Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy. He is the editor of a special issue of the European Journal of Philosophy (2021) on Recognition and the Second Person and the author of The Life of Freedom in Kant and Hegel (2026).
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