Honneth, Axel (1949–)

Abstract

Axel Honneth is a German social and political philosopher. Since 1996 he has worked at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, where, as director of the Institute for Social Research, he has presided over the legacy of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Honneth's theory of recognition endeavors to renew this tradition by developing a comprehensive moral, psychological, and social‐theoretical framework for social criticism.