Bound by Recognition

Name: Bound by Recognition
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ISBN: 9780691113821

ISBN-10: 0691113823

ISBN-13: 9780691113821

Edition: 2003

Authors: Patchen Markell

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In an era of heightened concern about injustice in relations of identity and difference, political theorists often prescribe equal recognition as a remedy for the ills of subordination. Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel, they envision a system of reciprocal knowledge and esteem, in which the affirming glance of others lets everyone be who they really are. This book challenges the equation of recognition with justice. Patchen Markell mines neglected strands of the concept's genealogy and reconstructs an unorthodox interpretation of Hegel, who, in the unexpected company of Sophocles, Aristotle, Arendt, and others, reveals why recognition's promised satisfactions are bound to disappoint, and…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.13" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.188



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Problem of Recognition



From Recognition to Acknowledgment



The Distinguishing Mark: Taylor, Herder, and Sovereignty



Tragic Recognition: Action and Identity in Antigone and Aristotle



The Abdication of Independence: On Hegel's Phenomenology



Double Binds: Jewish Emancipation and the Sovereign State



The Slippery Slope: Multiculturalism as a Politics of Recognition


Conclusion: Toward a Politics of Acknowledgment


Afterword: A Note on the Cover


Notes


Works Cited


Index