Differentiating recognition in international politics

Abstract

Twenty years ago, Axel Honneth began his seminal study The Struggle for Recognition by opposing the drive for 'self-preservation' of persons and communities to their need for mutual 'recognition'. This opposition was mapped onto two different strands of political thought, one represented by Machiavelli, Hobbes and like-minded realists, the other one 560Book review symposium

Rejoinder

“…But as things are, I am prompted to critically revisit my essay 'Recognition between States', which is clearly the focus of the objections raised by Volker M. Heins (2014), Michelle Murray (2014), and Martin Weber (2014). If he had not exerted a determined yet friendly pressure on me to respond to the three contributions collected here, the only outcome would likely have been an equally friendly but non-committal agreement on my part.…”

Recognition, conflict and the problem of ethical community

“…The second is Axel Honneth's (2012) The I in We, a collection of essays that develop Honneth's theory of recognition in terms of a theory of justice, social reproduction and individual identity formation. Reviews are given by Weber (2014), Murray (2014) and Heins (2014), and a detailed response is provided by Honneth (2014).…”