Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment

Self-Other Dialectic, Hegel, and the Contemporary Theory of 'The Politics of Recognition'

“…Those scholars (e.g. Tautz, 2007;Winkiel, 2008 and others inspired by Michael Foucault) who focus on Hegel's Philosophy of Right and the Geography of World History consider Hegel as an advocate of conservative identity politics, but the critique of his approach was an inspiration for them to come up with their ideas concerning the radical form of identity politics. In contrast, those who focus on Hegel's account of the struggle for recognition in Phenomenology of Spirit consider Hegel as a source of theoretical inspiration for alternative theories and political practices critical to accommodate needs and demands related to the politics of recognition and identity (Burns, 2006;Ikäheimo, 2013).…”