The Pathologies of Individual Freedom
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 Rawls and Habermas alike. Honne...
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 Rawls and Habermas alike. Honneth argues that Hegel's theory contains an account of the psychological damage caused by placing too much emphasis on personal and moral freedom. Although these freedoms are crucial to the achievement of justice, they are insufficient and in themselves leave people vulnerable to loneliness, emptiness, and depression. Hegel argues that people must also find their freedom or 'self-realization' through shared projects. Such projects involve the three institutions of ethical life - family, civil society, and the state - and provide the arena of a crucial third kind of freedom, which Honneth calls 'communicative' freedom. A society is just only if it gives all of its members sufficient and equal opportunity to realize communicative freedom as well as personal and moral freedom.
霍耐特（Axel Honneth, 1949—），当代德国哲学家、社会理论家，法兰克福社会研究所现任所长，法兰克福学派第三代核心人物，批判理论第三期发展关键人物；霍耐特的承认理论及其多元正义构想，最终完成了批判理论的“政治伦理转向”。
霍耐特1982年在柏林自由大学获博士学位，论文题为《权力批判：福科与批判理论》(Kritikder Macht. Foucault und die Kritische Theorie)，后经哈贝马斯推荐，获马普社会科学研究所研究基金，曾长期担任哈贝马斯教授的助教。1985年，完成教授资格论文：《为承认而斗争》（Kampf um Anerkennung）。还著有《权力的批判》以及《支离破碎的社会》等。1996年5月1日开始接替哈贝马斯担任法兰克福大学哲学系社会哲学教授，社会研究所咨询委员。2000年初，被任命为法兰克 福...
霍耐特（Axel Honneth, 1949—），当代德国哲学家、社会理论家，法兰克福社会研究所现任所长，法兰克福学派第三代核心人物，批判理论第三期发展关键人物；霍耐特的承认理论及其多元正义构想，最终完成了批判理论的“政治伦理转向”。
霍耐特1982年在柏林自由大学获博士学位，论文题为《权力批判：福科与批判理论》(Kritikder Macht. Foucault und die Kritische Theorie)，后经哈贝马斯推荐，获马普社会科学研究所研究基金，曾长期担任哈贝马斯教授的助教。1985年，完成教授资格论文：《为承认而斗争》（Kampf um Anerkennung）。还著有《权力的批判》以及《支离破碎的社会》等。1996年5月1日开始接替哈贝马斯担任法兰克福大学哲学系社会哲学教授，社会研究所咨询委员。2000年初，被任命为法兰克 福大学社会研究所所长。