Politics of Recognition
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A overview of the "Self-Consciousness" chapter of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. I analyze the basic significance of each of the three themes of the chapter, (which Hegel calls "desire," "recognition," and "thought"), and I consider... more
Inspired by the pioneering work of Robert R. Williams and Axel Honneth, this article offers a new lens through which to consider Hegel's infamous 'rabble problem.' By rethinking the conflict between the rabble and the State as a conflict... more
This chapter draws a trajectory from the "end of history" triumphalism to a global trend of democratic backsliding, culminating with a wave of nationalist populism that has swept across Europe and the United States. Fukuyama's evolving... more
The purpose of this paper is to expose, and provide a possible solution to, an internal inconsistency in Axel Honneth’s critical theory of recognition. Honneth requires a way of making his claim that misrecognition causes subjective... more
Francis Fukuyama discussed the different perspectives of known thinkers regarding the inner and outer self in the third chapter. He discussed how Augustinian friar Martin Luther King sees humans as sinful in nature and that the inner self... more
This chapter analyses the positionality of Halis—former bonded labourers, ploughers and animal carcass removers—who constitute the most subordinated Scheduled Caste (SC) community within the Gaddi tribal orbit. For many Halis, the... more
המאמר דן בצורך לבטל את המונח "הפרעה" בתסמונת הפוסט-טראומתית, ולהחליפו במונח "פציעה". הדיון מתמקד בטראומת מלחמה (קרב וטרור) בלבד, ומציע כי במקרים אלה תיקרא התסמונת PTSI, (Post-Traumatic Stress Injury) ולאPTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress... more
Kirjassaan Parcours de la reconnaissance (2004b), englanniksi kään nettynä The Course of Recognition (2005), Ricœur aloittaa perusteellisen recognitionkäsitteen analyysin kahdesta ranskan kielen sanakirjan (Le Littré ja Le Grand... more
Respekt gegenüber anderen Menschen im Sinne der Achtung ihrer grundlegenden motralischen Ansprüche und ihrer Würdde ist eine zentrale moralische Pflicht und wird in der Regel auch als solche anerkannt. Inwiefern Respekt so zu verstehen... more
An analysis (in Croatian) of the discourses articulated in public and the politics surrounding the affirmative parliamentary voting on the Istanbul Convention in Croatia, which was then ratified. The article maps four key discourses as... more
במאמר זה אבקש להבין כיצד בעלי השכלה אקדמאית נמוכי שכר חווים את מיקומם החברתי. הספרות שעסקה במצב זה של אי-הלימה בין המדדים השונים של הריבוד ( "סתירת סטטוס"), בחנה ומצאה תחושה חזקה של הפרת ציפיות לסטטוס לכיד. בבחינה פתוחה של חוויות המשכילים... more
What is the effect of being an unrecognized state on the national identity of its population? And how does it compare to the identity effect of having been accorded state recognition? This paper argues that contrary to socio-psychological... more
En este artículo, mostraré que emprender una lucha por el reconocimiento resulta problemático para los grupos que son objeto de discriminación y recriminación por razones de su deseo o de su condición sexual. Posteriormente desarrollaré... more
Cultural appropriation is often called a buzzword and dismissed as a concept for serious engagement. Political theory, in particular, has been largely silent about cultural appropriation. Such silence is strange considering that cultural... more
The thesis involve a critical discourse analysis of Danish Scholar Søren Juul's theory of solidarity, which is elaborated in his most well known book "Solidarity in Individualized Societies: Recognition, Justice, and Good judgement" from... more
The competing theories of state recognition and their failings actively demonstrate that recognition of a state does not have any normative content per se, but rather, that the rules of state recognition, although legal rules, are legal... more
Publicado en el libro "Aporías de la democracia", Ricardo Espinoza y Jordi Riba (editores). Ediciones Terra Ignota. Un mayor desarrollo de esta cuestión puede ser leído aquí:... more
הסטיגמה, כשלילה של שונות, כוללת מנגנונים של דחייה, מחיקה סימבולית ואי הכרה. בעל הסטיגמה, אשר מוגדר על ידי החברה כמי שאינו יכול להתקבל לתוכה, מובנה כזהות פגומה המייצרת בו תחושת חרפה. במסגרת החרפה, בעל הסטיגמה הופך סובייקט מפוצל שאינו יכול... more
Hans-Hermann Hoppe contends that the fact that a person has the capacity to argue entails that she has the moral right of exclusive control over her own body. Critics of Hoppe’s argument do not appear to have pinpointed its flaws. I... more
This article explores the significance of disability for social justice, using Nancy Fraser’s theory of justice as a guideline. The article argues that the disability perspective is essential for understanding and promoting social... more
Ο τίτλος της εργασίας μου είναι και τίτλος άρθρου της δεξιάς λακωνικής εφημερίδας Λακωνικός Κήρυξ το 1982. Παρά τον τίτλο, το άρθρο προβάλλει αντιρρήσεις στον εορτασμό της αντίστασης και υπογράφεται από έναν πρώην χουντικό δήμαρχο. Η... more
The article examines the conjunction of writing and the Hegelian theory of recognition as it appears in Jean-Paul Sartre's text "Why Write?" The author argues that Sartre's theory of literature is not only a theory of literature as... more
Partindo da definição "a contrario" de Democracia como o oposto de Autocracia e de uma leitura social dos processos de democratização, essa tese objetiva avaliar criticamente a teoria da ação de Hannah Arendt, reconstruída a partir de um... more
Dans cet essai, je propose un premier défrichement du concept d’appropriation culturelle, en me basant sur le cadre d’analyse de Nancy Fraser. Je tenterai de déterminer si l’appropriation culturelle est un enjeu de justice sociale, et... more
The Poetics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Postmodern Literature revisits the great American post-WWII, postmodern literary texts, namely Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-5 (1969), and Joseph... more
Perubahan sikap politik negara pasca Orde Baru mengarah pada semangat menciptakan masyarakat yang multikultural dan toleran, salah satu wujudnya adalah keluarnya kebijakan pengakuan terhadap agama lokal. Kaharingan adalah satu dari... more
Durante los últimos años se han implantado en las universidades de forma generalizada políticas de evaluación y reconocimiento de la actividad investigadora, cuyos fundamentos y efectos son objeto de revisión en este artículo. La... more
Francis Fukuyama’s work on contemporary problems of identity and recognition portrays national and international liberalism as now under significant threat by the global rise of a reactionary and exclusionary identity politics. For... more
This chapter, from the edited book, ‘Representing Enslavement and Abolition in Museums’, examines the community consultation process that occurred at seven museums in England during the lead up to the development of exhibitions marking... more
Heritage sites and places are often mobilized to represent a group's identity and sense of place and belonging. This paper will illustrate how heritage and museum visiting, as a leisure activity, facilitates or impedes recognition and... more
In Red Skin, White Masks Glen Coulthard writes with nuance, clarity and insight into central relations of unjust inequalities in the colonial capitalist world. As the title announces, Coulthard critiques the latest iteration in the... more