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Social Theorist

Axel Honneth

Sociology

Axel Honneth is a German philosopher, born in 1949, working in the tradition of critical theory. He is Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University, and he directed the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research from 2001 to 2018. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1949-07-18 1
Birth Year
1949 1
Birthplace
Essen, West Germany 1
Nationality / Culture
German 1
Defining Contribution
Directed the Institute for Social Research, home of the Frankfurt School, from 2001 to 2018; developed a theory of recognition, drawing on Hegel, Mead and Habermas, as the normative basis of critical social theory. 1
Notable Work
The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts (1992) 1
Connections

Associated With

Columbia University, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)
University of Amsterdam, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)

Informed By

Jürgen Habermas, Social Theorists

Honneth succeeded Habermas as director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt and developed his recognition theory partly in dialogue with Habermas communicative approach.

Practices Studied

Socialism, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Germany

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Axel Honneth (; German: [ˈaksl̩ ˈhɔnɛt]; born 18 July 1949) is a German philosopher working in the tradition of critical theory, who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University.
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1. Axel Honneth (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Axel Honneth is a German philosopher working in the tradition of critical theory, who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University.
  • Associated With: Columbia University, Article text
    Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University.
  • Associated With: University of Amsterdam, Article text
    He also held the Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam in 1999.
  • Practices Studied: Socialism, Article text
    In The Idea of Socialism, Honneth calls for a revision of socialist theory in order to make it relevant for the 21st century, based on a criticism of the socialist theory of historical materialism, ignorance of political rights and social differentiation in modern societies, and overemphasis on the working class as a revolutionary subject.
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Wikidata: Axel Honneth
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