From reason to self-realisation? Axel Honneth and the 'ethical turn' in critical theory

Critical Horizons 5 (1):323-360 (2004)
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Abstract

In this paper, I take issue with Axel Honneth's proposal for renewing critical theory in terms of the normative ideal of 'self-realisation'. Honneth's proposal involves a break with critical theory's traditional preoccupation with the meaning and potential of modern reason, and the way he makes that break depletes the critical resources of his alternative to Habermasian critical theory, leaving open the question of what form the renewal of critical theory should take.

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