Bourgeois illusions
Honneth on the ruling ideas of capitalist societies
pp. 97-124
Abstract
Axel Honneth—and sympathetic critics on his behalf – have argued that his mature work can be understood as "the attempt to provide a consistent theoretical model to extend" the insights of critical historians and sociologists, like E.P. Thompson and Barrington Moore, Jr., whose work formed an important point of departure for Honneth's early research. This chapter attempts to demonstrate the contrary: that Honneth's middle and most recent writings represents an abandonment of the basic convictions of his own earlier work, which was indeed consonant with Thompson, Moore, and others and which, partly for that reason, held considerable promise.
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Schmitz Volker (2019) Axel Honneth and the critical theory of recognition. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 97-124
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91980-5_5
Full citation:
Borman David A. (2019) „Bourgeois illusions: Honneth on the ruling ideas of capitalist societies“, In: V. Schmitz (ed.), Axel Honneth and the critical theory of recognition, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 97–124.