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- Title
The Role of Recognition for Relational Theories of Autonomy.
- Authors
BIN, LISA
- Abstract
The article discusses the relationship between autonomy and recognition; it argues that recognition is a fundamental component in the development of autonomy-related competencies. Specifically, if autonomy is considered through the lens of relational accounts, recognition indeed affects self-authorization, or the ability that agents have to portray themselves as autonomous agents. Then, I define the concept of recognition by referring to Axel Honneth and Paul Ricoeur's accounts of recognition. While Honneth's conception falls into an essentialistic paradigm, Ricoeur's one portrays recognition as a gift. In addition, I argue that Ricoeur's theory of recognition allows a shift in the symbolic order of society through the concept of utopia. This shift helps in preventing marginalizing practices that are undermining the autonomy of minorities or economically disadvantaged subjects in a society.
- Subjects
POLITICAL autonomy; HONNETH, Axel, 1949-; POLITICAL accountability; RICOEUR, Paul, 1913-2005; POLITICAL doctrines
- Publication
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History & Feminist Theory, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
2308-0906
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33134/rds.372