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The Pathologies of Individual Freedom: Hegel's Social Theory
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Pathologies of Individual Freedom: Hegel's Social Theory
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Axel Honneth
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Translated by Ladislaus Loeb
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| Series | Princeton Monographs in Philosophy |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:96 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
Social and political philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691171371
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| Classifications | Dewey:193 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
31 May 2016 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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
Author Biography
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.
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
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