Axel Honneth's Research On Recognition Theor

Axel Honneth is a leading figure of the third generation of the Frankfurt School and one of the most important contemporary thinkers.In the face of the various ills of social development,he developed a rich theory of recognition based on recognition as the cause and inner essence of social conflict.His theories have had an important place in the "recognition" debate,and have had a wide impact on the thinking of social development in a multicultural world.In this paper,the main elements of Honneth’s recognition theory are explained and reviewed.Taking the background and ideological origins of Honnett’s recognition theory as a starting point,this article expounds and analyses the main elements of Honnett’s recognition theory,as well as the expansion of recognition theory-the theory of pluralistic justice-to discover the significance and limitations of Honnett’s theory and to empower the development of the times.The first part of the article clarifies the theoretical background of the theory of recognition,introduces Hornett’s life and basic ideas,and the actual background in which he lives.The strong contrast between the development of the capitalist world and the socialist world in the 20 th century called into question the truth of Marx’s thought,and Hornett,as a representative of the Frankfurt School,actively defended Marx’s thought,looking for a method theory to reveal the causes of social conflicts and solve social conflicts in the context of the new era,thus forming a unique theory with "recognition" as the core.The second part of the essay compares the ideological origins of recognition theory,reviews the historical development of recognition theory,and elaborates on the inter-subjectivity model,transformation tools and borrowing methods used by Honnett’s recognition theory.Honneth uses Hegel’s early theory of the "struggle for recognition" as a theoretical model,Mead’s social-psychological doctrine as a tool for empirical transformation,and Foucault,Habermas,Taylor and others as references to enrich the critical dimension of recognition theory.The third part of the article discusses the subjective framework of recognition theory,the intersubjective recognition models-love,law,solidarity-and the opposite form of recognition-contempt.Honneth hopes to use the internal normative requirements of intersubjective recognition relations to provide norms for building human integrity,to achieve an explanation of the process of social change,and to construct a new critical theory of society,recognition theory.The fourth part of the essay elaborates on the theoretical outgrowth,theoretical conception,and practical conception of a pluralist theory of justice,an expansion on the basis of recognition theory.Based on recognition theory,Honneth uses the normative justice theory of Hegelian legal philosophy as a resource,and gradually develops a pluralistic theory of justice through the intellectual debate with Fraser,and proposes a theory of "postmodern community".The essay provides ideas for interpretation.Finally,the concluding part of the article evaluates the theoretical value,practical impact,and limitations of the recognition theory.Acknowledging theory should be seen more as a theoretical perspective for interpreting Marxist thought in response to the problem of modernity.Its theoretical shortcomings lie in the exaggeration of the normative role of morality,the lack of historical materialist class positions,and the existence of misreading of Marx’s thought.The community of human destiny,based on the common values of all mankind,has achieved a true transcendence of Hornett’s postmodern community thinking.