The Pathologies of Individual Freedom: Hegel's Social Theory
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The Pathologies of Individual Freedom: Hegel's Social Theory
By (Author) Axel Honneth
Translated by Ladislaus Lb
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
9th August 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
193
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
113g
Description
This is a penetrating reinterpretation and defense of Hegel's social theory as an alternative to reigning liberal notions of social justice. The eminent German philosopher Axel Honneth rereads Hegel's Philosophy of Right to show how it diagnoses the pathologies of the overcommitment to individual freedom that Honneth says underlies the ideas of Raw
Reviews
"Axel Honneth's book is stimulating, insightful, philosophically interesting, and analytically sophisticated. Its main contribution lies in its sympathetic, philosophically acute reconstruction of Hegel's position on individual freedom, which is made with an eye to lending it contemporary relevance. The book succeeds admirably and makes a great contribution to the English-language literature on Hegel."Fred Neuhouser, Barnard College
Author Bio
Axel Honneth is professor of social philosophy at Goethe University and director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main. His many books include Pathologies of Reason, Reification, The Struggle for Recognition, and The Critique of Power.
