9780231177061-0231177062-The Experience of Injustice: A Theory of Recognition (New Directions in Critical Theory, 70)

The Experience of Injustice: A Theory of Recognition (New Directions in Critical Theory, 70)

ISBN-13: 9780231177061
ISBN-10: 0231177062
Edition: Translation
Author: Emmanuel Renault
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780231177061
ISBN-10: 0231177062
Edition: Translation
Author: Emmanuel Renault
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover 304 pages

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The Experience of Injustice: A Theory of Recognition (New Directions in Critical Theory, 70) (ISBN-13: 9780231177061 and ISBN-10: 0231177062), written by authors Emmanuel Renault, was published by Columbia University Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Criticism (Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Experience of Injustice: A Theory of Recognition (New Directions in Critical Theory, 70) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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In The Experience of Injustice, the French philosopher Emmanuel Renault opens an important new chapter in critical theory. He brings together political theory, critical social science, and a keen sense of the power of popular movements to offer a forceful vision of social justice. Questioning normative political philosophy’s conception of justice, Renault gives an account of injustice as the denial of recognition, placing the experience of social suffering at the heart of contemporary critical theory.

Inspired by Axel Honneth, Renault argues that a radicalized version of Honneth’s ethics of recognition can provide a systematic alternative to the liberal-democratic projects of such thinkers as Rawls and Habermas. Renault reformulates Honneth’s theory as a framework founded on experiences of injustice. He develops a complex, psychoanalytically rich account of suffering, disaffiliation, and identity loss to explain these experiences as denials of recognition, linking everyday injustice to a robust defense of the politicization of identity in social struggles. Engaging contemporary French and German critical theory alongside interdisciplinary tools from sociology, psychoanalysis, socialist political theory, social-movement theory, and philosophy, Renault articulates the importance of a theory of recognition for the resurgence of social critique.

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