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Bound by Recognition /

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 affirm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Markell, Patchen, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Problem of Recognition
  • Ch. 1. From Recognition to Acknowledgment
  • Ch. 2. The Distinguishing Mark: Taylor, Herder, and Sovereignty
  • Ch. 3. Tragic Recognition: Action and Identity in Antigone and Aristotle
  • Ch. 4. The Abdication of Independence: On Hegel's Phenomenology
  • Ch. 5. Double Binds: Jewish Emancipation and the Sovereign State
  • Ch. 6. The Slippery Slope: Multiculturalism as a Politics of Recognition
  • Conclusion: Toward a Politics of Acknowledgment
  • Afterword: A Note on the Cover.