Reification, ideology and power: expression and agency in Honneth’s theory of recognition
Reification, ideology and power: expression and agency in Honneth’s theory of recognition
This article addresses Axel Honneth's recent attempts to incorporate two central phenomena of power - reification and ideology - within the terms of his recognition theory. Honneth's arguments in relation to each of these phenomena are importantly distinct. Drawing on Collingwood in relation to reification and on Foucault with respect to ideology, it is argued that both sets of arguments are problematic but that, despite the differences between them, the problems pervading Honneth's position on both topics can be resolved if his recognition theory adopts an expressivist account of agency. The article concludes by noting two more general implications of this proposed expressivist turn for Honneth's recognition-theoretic research programme.
recognition, reification, ideology, agency, expressivism
97-109
Owen, David
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April 2010
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
Owen, David
(2010)
Reification, ideology and power: expression and agency in Honneth’s theory of recognition.
Journal of Power, 3 (1), .
(doi:10.1080/17540291003630387).
Abstract
This article addresses Axel Honneth's recent attempts to incorporate two central phenomena of power - reification and ideology - within the terms of his recognition theory. Honneth's arguments in relation to each of these phenomena are importantly distinct. Drawing on Collingwood in relation to reification and on Foucault with respect to ideology, it is argued that both sets of arguments are problematic but that, despite the differences between them, the problems pervading Honneth's position on both topics can be resolved if his recognition theory adopts an expressivist account of agency. The article concludes by noting two more general implications of this proposed expressivist turn for Honneth's recognition-theoretic research programme.
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Published date: April 2010
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recognition, reification, ideology, agency, expressivism
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Politics & International Relations
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80236
ISSN: 1754-0291
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