Projects and positions at the research center
Principal Investigator
Funding period 2012-2017
Project management: Moral actors in the financial market. Conditions for the emergence, maintenance and dissemination of moral norms in the economic sector | Research field 1
Funding period 2007-2012
Project management: Claims to equality and gender differences in parent-child relationships: the practice of normative orders | Research field 1
Project management: Religious ideas and social action: Christian justification narratives between social criticism and belief in legitimacy | Research field 1
Subject areas
Philosophy
Main research
Social philosophy, moral philosophy and political philosophy, critical theory, philosophical anthropology, theory of recognition
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Biografische Angaben
Since 2011: Jack C. Weinstein Professor of Humanities at Columbia University, New York, USA 2001-2018: Managing Director of the Institute for Social Research. 1999: Representation of the Spinoza Chair at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Amsterdam 1996: C4-Professor for Social Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/M.; Member of the Board of the Institute for Social Research 1992: C4 Professor of Political Philosophy at the FU Berlin; Sept. 95-April 96 Theodor Heuss Visiting Professor at the New School, New York, USA 1991: C3 Professor of Philosophy at the University of Konstanz 1990: Habilitation at the Department of Philosophy in Frankfurt/M. 1989-1990: Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin 1983: University assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/M. 1982-1983: Research fellowship from Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas, Max Planck Institute for Social Sciences, Munich 1977-1982: Research assistant at the Institute for Sociology at the FU Berlin 1974-1976: Continued studies at the FU Berlin 1969-1974: Studied Philosophy, Sociology, German Studies and Philosophy in Bonn and Bochum (MA in Philosophy) 1969: Abitur in Essen -
Publikationen
2022 Honneth, Axel/ Maiwald, Kai-Olaf/ Speck, Sarah/ Trautmann, Felix (eds.) (2022): Normative paradoxes. Reversals of social progress. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Honneth, Axel (2022): "Secular Reason? A Minor Query about a Major Work", in: New German Critique 49 (2), 1-14. 2021 Honneth, Axel/ Rancière, Jacques/ Genel, Katia/ Deranty, Jean-Philippe (2021): Recognition or disagreement? A debate. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2021): Demoralizing Recognition, in: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 103 (3), 714-721. Honneth, Axel (2021): Law and morality. Aspects of a complex interrelationship. In: Forst, Rainer/ Günther, Klaus (eds.): Normative Ordnungen, Berlin: Suhrkamp, 42-73. Honneth, Axel (2021): Recognition. A Chapter in the History of European Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Honneth, Axel (2021): Recognition Across French-German Divides. The Social Fabric of Freedom in French Theory, in: Critical Horizons, 22 (1), 5-28. Honneth, Axel (2021): Secular reason? A small question to a great book, in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 69 (2), 241-256. Honneth, Axel (2021): "You" or "We". The limits of the second-person perspective, in: European Journal of Philosophy, 29 (3), 581-591. 2020 Honneth, Axel (2020): The poverty of our freedom. Essays 2012-2019. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2020): Economy or society? The size and limits of Marx's theory of capitalism. In: Endreß, Martin/ Jansen, Christian (eds.): Karl Marx in the 21st century. Balance and Perspectives, Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 289-322. 2019 Honneth, Axel (2019): Recognition, democracy and social liberty: A reply, in: Philosophy & Social Criticism, 45 (6), 694-708. 2018 Honneth, Axel (2018): Recognition. A European history of ideas. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2018): How to Envision Social Progress Today? On Peter Wagner's Progress. A Reconstruction, in: Social Imaginaries, 4 (1), 157-169. Honneth, Axel (2018): The Moral Birth of French Structuralism. Tristes Tropiques, Claude Lévi-Strauss, in: Social Research: An International Quarterly, 85 (3), 613-626. Honneth, Axel (2018): The Moral in "The Capital". An Attempt on Revision of Marxist Critique of Political Economy, in: Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences, 4, 45-61. Honneth, Axel (2018): Economy or society? The size and limits of Marx's theory of capitalism, in: WestEnd, 15 (2), 3-27. 2017 Honneth, Axel (2017): Recognition (II. Philosophical). In: Oberreuter, Heinrich (ed.): Staatslexikon. Law, Economy, Society, Freiburg: Herder, 186-190. Honneth, Axel (2017): Autonomy and Recognition. On the genealogy of Hegel's theory of recognition. In: Viertbauer, Klaus/ Hanke, Thomas (eds.): Thinking subjectivity. Recognition Theory and Consciousness Analysis, Hamburg: Meiner, 11-28. Honneth, Axel (2017): Hegel and Marx. A Reassessment After One Century. In: Bargu, Banu/ Bottici, Chiara (eds.): Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique. Essays in Honor of Nancy Fraser, Springer International, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 185-208. Honneth, Axel/ Mohrmann, Judith/ Rebentisch, Juliane/ Trautmann, Felix (2017): Keyword: Alexis de Tocqueville and the paradoxes of equality, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 14 (1), 71-73. Honneth, Axel (2017): Workingman's Blues #2. A literary essay on Didier Eribon and Arlie Hochschild, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 14 (1), 169-186. 2016 Honneth, Axel (2016): Denaturalizations of the lifeworld. In: Panteos, Athena/ Rojek, Tim (eds.): Texte zur Theorie der Geisteswissenschaften, Stuttgart: Reclam, 283-315. Honneth, Axel (2016): For a vision of social progress. In: Kuleßa, Peter (ed.): Land im Stress. Challenges for social cohesion and democracy in Germany, Weinheim and Basel: Beltz and Juventa, 118-133. Honneth, Axel/ Herzog, Lisa (eds.) (2016): Joseph A. Schumpeter. Writings on economics and sociology. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2016): Neoliberalism? A skeptical comment on the occasion of a study by David M. Kotz, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 13 (1), 167-179. Honneth, Axel/ Whitebook, Joel (2016): Omnipotence or Fusion? A Conversation between Axel Honneth and Joel Whitebook, in: Constellations. An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory, 23 (2), 170-179. Honneth, Axel (2015): Keyword: Stoner - Ambivalences of a literary social figure, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 12 (2), 79-134. Honneth, Axel (2016): Unavailabilities of dialog. On the life's work of Michael Theunissen, in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 64 (1), 119-131. Honneth, Axel (2016): Preface. In: Hogh, Philip/ Deines, Stefan (eds.): Sprache und Kritische Theorie, Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus, 7-8. Honneth, Axel (2016): Foreword. In: Laudani, Raffaele (ed.): Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse and Otto Kirchheimer: Im Kampf gegen Nazideutschland. Die Berichte der Frankfurter Schule für den amerikanischen Geheimdienst 1943-1949, Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus, 9-19. 2015 Honneth, Axel (2015): Abysses of selflessness. The Greatness and Shoals of a Literary Figure, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 12 (2), 97-102. Honneth, Axel (2015): The idea of socialism. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2015): Collective memory. On the structure of a complex system of recognition. In: Agard, Olivier/ Gangl, Manfred Gangl/ Lartillot, Françoise/ Merlio, Gilbert (eds.): Kritikfiguren/ Figures de la critique. Festschrift für Gérard Raulet zum 65. Geburtstag/ En hommage à Gérard Raulet, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 19-26. Honneth, Axel (2015): Rejoinder, in: Critical Horizons. Special Issue: Axel Honneth's Freedomʼs Right, 16 (2), 204-226. 2014 Herzog, Lisa/ Honneth, Axel (eds.) (2014): The value of the market. A philosophical-economic discourse from the 18th century to the present. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2014): The diseases of society. Approaching an almost impossible concept, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 11 (1), 45-60. Honneth, Axel/ Herzog, Lisa (2014): Introduction: Attempts at a moral containment of the market from the 19th century to the present. In: Herzog, Lisa/ Honneth, Axel (eds.): The value of the market. Ein ökonomisch-philosophischer Diskurs vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Berlin: Suhrkamp, 357-381. Honneth, Axel/ Öepold, Kristina (2014): Structural functionalism: Talcott Parsons. In: Lamla, Jörn/ Laux, Henning Laux/ Strecker, David/ Rosa, Hartmut (eds.): Handbuch der Soziologie, Konstanz: UVK, 149-161. Honneth, Axel (2014): The Diseases of Society. Approaching a Nearly Impossible Concept, in: Social Research. An International Quarterly, 81 (3), 683-703. Honneth, Axel (2014): The Normativity of Ethical Life, in: Philosophy and Social Criticism, 40 (8), 817-826. Honneth, Axel (2014): Vivisections of an Age. Portraits on the history of ideas of the 20th century. Berlin: Suhrkamp. 2013 Honneth, Axel/ Sutterlüty, Ferdinand (2013): Introduction to the Forum: Paradoxes of Capitalist Modernization. In: Soeffner, Hans-Georg (ed.): Transnational Societies. Proceedings of the 35th Congress of the German Sociological Association in Frankfurt am Main, Volume 2, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 895-896. Honneth, Axel/ Hindrichs, Gunnar (2013): Freedom. Stuttgart Hegel Congress, Frankfurt am Main. Honneth, Axel (2013): Challenges of freedom. The topicality of critical theory. In: Schmidt-Grépaly, Rüdiger/ Urbich, Jan/ Wirsing, Claudia (eds.): Der Ausnahmezustand als Regel. Eine Bilanz der Kritischen Theorie, Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus Universität, 158-172. Honneth, Axel (2013): The Idea and Reality of Civil Society. Jeffrey Alexander's attempt to turn justice from its head to its feet, in: Leviathan. Berlin Journal of Social Science, 41 (2), 291-308. Honneth, Axel/ Sutterlüty, Ferdinand (2013): Normative paradoxes of the present. In: Soeffner, Hans-Georg (ed.): Transnational Societies. Proceedings of the 35th Congress of the German Sociological Association in Frankfurt am Main 2010, Volume 2, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 897-909. Honneth, Axel (2013): Paradoxes of human rights. Remarks on recent historical studies. In: Bornmüller, Falk/ Hoffmann, Thomas/ Pollmann, Arnd (eds.): Menschenrechte und Demokratie. Georg Lohmann on his 65th birthday, Freiburg/ Munich: Verlag Karl Alber, 255-271. Honneth, Axel (2013): Recognition and Critical Theory today: An interview with Axel Honneth (v. Goncalo Marcelo), in: Philosophy & Social Criticism, 39 (2), 211-221. Honneth, Axel (2013): On the poverty of our freedom. The Greatness and Limits of Hegel's Theory of Morality. In: Honneth, Axel/ Hindrichs, Gunnar (ed.): Freedom. International Hegel Congress 2011, Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 13-30. Honneth, Axel (2013): Replies (Dossier: The Right of Freedom), in: Krisis. Journal for contemporary philosophy, 1, 37-47. Honneth, Axel (2013): Foreword. In: Breitenstein, Peggy H. (ed.): Die Befreiung der Geschichte. Geschichtsphilosophie als Gesellschaftskritik nach Adorno und Foucault, (IfS book series), Frankfurt/ New York: Campus, 9-15. Honneth, Axel/ Hindrichs, Gunnar (2013): Foreword. In: Honneth, Axel/ Hindrichs, Gunnar (eds.): Freiheit. International Hegel Congress, Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 9-11. Honneth, Axel (2013): Foreword. In: Shklar, Judith N. (ed.): The Liberalism of Fear, Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 7-25. 2012 Honneth, Axel (2012): Education and the democratic public sphere. A neglected chapter of political philosophy, in: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 15 (3), 429-442. 2011 Honneth, Axel (2011): The law of freedom. Outline of a democratic morality. Berlin: Suhrkamp.Honneth, Axel (2011): Morality in "Capital". An attempt to correct a Marxian critique of economics, in: Leviathan. Berlin Journal of Social Science, 4, 583-594. Honneth, Axel/ Sutterlüty, Ferdinand (2011): Normative Paradoxes of the Present - a Research Perspective, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 8 (1), 67-85. 2010 Honneth, Axel (2010): A Theory of Justice as an Analysis of Society. Preliminary Remarks on a Research Program. In: Soeffner, Hans-Georg (ed.): Uncertain Times. Challenges of Societal Transformations - Proceedings of the34. Congress of the German Sociological Association in Jena 2008, Volume 2, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 707-716. Honneth, Axel (2010): The I in the We. Studies on the theory of recognition. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Honneth, Axel (2010): The Dangers of the We. On the risks of economic liberalism. In: Etzioni, Amitai (ed.): Übers Ego zum Wir, Bielefeld: J. Kamphausen Verlag, 33-58. Honneth, Axel/ Stahl, Titus (2010): Beyond distributive justice: recognition as social progress. How the change in social esteem can be assessed philosophically, in: Forschung Frankfurt, 2, 16-19. Honneth, Axel (2010): Afterword. In: Rosenzweig, Franz (ed.): Hegel und der Staat, Berlin: Suhrkamp, 556-582. Honneth, Axel (2010): From gift exchange to social recognition. Inconsistencies in social theory, in: WestEnd, 7 (1), 99-101. Honneth, Axel (2010): Foreword. In: Sutterlüty,Ferdinand (ed.): In Sippenhaft. Negative Classifications in Ethnic Conflicts, Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 9-15. Honneth, Axel (2010): On the critique of violence. In: Lindner, Burkhardt (ed.): Benjamin-Handbuch. Leben-Werk-Wirkung, Stuttgart/ Weimar: J.B. Metzler, 193-210. 2009 Honneth, Axel (2009): The Fabric of Justice. On the limits of contemporary proceduralism, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 6 (2). Honneth, Axel (2009): The Antiquarian as Liberator. Laudatio on Quentin Skinner, in: Mittelweg 36, 18, 35-46. Honneth, Axel (2009): Frankfurt School, contribution to the handbook. In: Brunkhorst, Hauke/ Kreide, Regina/ Lafont, Christina (eds.): Habermas Handbuch, Stuttgart/ Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 15-17. Honneth, Axel (2009): Geschichtsphilosophie, Anthropologie und Marxismus, Handbuchbeitrag. In: Brunkhorst, Hauke/ Kreide, Regina/ Lafont, Christina (eds.): Habermas Handbuch, Stuttgart/ Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 15-17. Honneth, Axel (2009): Justice as Institutionalized Freedom. A Hegelian Perspective. In: Sorensen, Asger/ Raffnsoe-Moller, Morten/ Gron, Arne (eds.): Dialectics, Self-consciousness, and Recognition. The Hegelian Legacy, Malmö: NSU Press, 171-200. Honneth, Axel (2009): Problems of Ethical Pluralism. Arnold Gehlen's Anthropological Ethics, in: Iris (European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate, Florence), 187-194. Honneth, Axel (2009): Sublimations of Marx's legacy - a correction for a given occasion, in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 6, 53-56. 2008 Honneth, Axel (2008): Work and Recognition. Versuch einer Neubestimmung, in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 56 (3), 327-341. Honneth, Axel (2008): Theory of Justice as Social Analysis. Reflections following Hegel. In: Menke, Christoph/ Rebentisch, Julia (eds.): Axel Honneth. Gerechtigkeit und Gesellschaft (Potsdam Seminar), Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 11-29. Saar, Martin/ Honneth, Axel (2008): Afterword: History of the Present. Michel Foucault's philosophy of critique. In: Foucault, Michel (ed.): Die Hauptwerke. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1651-1682. Honneth, Axel (2008): Philosophy as social research. David Miller's theory of justice. Foreword to: David Miller, Grundsätze sozialer Gerechtigkeit, Frankfurt/ New York: Campus Verlag, 7-25. Honneth, Axel (2008): Reconnaissance et reproduction sociale. In: Payet, Jean-Paul/ Battegay, Alain (ed.): La reconnaissance à l`épreuve. Explorations socio-anthropologiques, Villeneuve d`Ascq: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion (Le regard sociologique), 45-58. Honneth, Axel (2008): Liquefactions of the Social. On the social theory of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot, in: WestEnd. New Journal for Social Research, 5 (2), 84-103. Honneth, Axel (2008): From Desire to Recognition. Hegel's justification of self-consciousness. In: Vieweg, Klaus/ Welsch, Wolfgang (eds.): Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. A Cooperative Commentary on a Key Work of Modernity, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 187-204. Honneth, Axel/ Günther, Klaus (2008): Foreword to: David Garland, The Culture of Control - Fighting Crime and Social Order in the Present, Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus, 7-18.