Poverty, inequality and the critical theory of recognition

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Poverty, inequality and the critical theory of recognition

Gottfried Schweiger, editor

(Philosophy and poverty / series editors, Henning Hahn, Clemens Sedmak, 3)

Springer, c2020

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This book brings together philosophical approaches to explore the relation of recognition and poverty. This volume examines how critical theories of recognition can be utilized to enhance our understanding, evaluation and critique of poverty and social inequalities. Furthermore, chapters in this book explore anti-poverty policies, development aid and duties towards the (global) poor. This book includes critical examinations of reflections on poverty and related issues in the work of past and present philosophers of recognition. This book hopes to contribute to the ongoing and expanding debate on recognition in ethics, political and social philosophy by focusing on poverty, which is one highly important social and global challenge. "If one believed that the theme of "recognition" had been theoretically exhausted over the last couple of years, this book sets the record straight. The central point of all the studies collected here is that poverty is best understood in its social causes, psychic consequences and moral injustice when studied within the framework of recognition theory. Regardless of how recognition is defined in detail, poverty is best captured as the absence of all material and cultural conditions for being recognized as a human being. Whoever is interested in the many facets of poverty is well advised to consult this path-breaking book." Axel Honneth, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Recognition and Poverty: An Introduction (Gottfried Schweiger).- Part I: Recognition and Poverty in Fichte and Hegel.- Chapter 2. Fichte's Concept of Recognition and Poverty as Material Deprivation (Esther Neuhann).- Chapter 3. Poverty and Recognition in Hegel's Philosophy of Right (Bernardo Ferro).- Part II: Recognition and the Injustice of (Global) Poverty.- Chapter 4. Civic Poverty and Recognition (Gustavo Pereira).- Chapter 5. Misrecognition of the Rural White Working Class (Dylan Rohr).- Chapter 6. Recognition, Poverty and Self-Respect (Jonathan Seglow).- Chapter 7. Disappointed Expectations: On Misrecognition and Poverty (Gottfried Schweiger).- Chapter 8. Suffering Poverty: Towards a Global Recognitive Justice (Renante Pilapil).- Chapter 9. Recognition of the Poor on the International and Global Levels: On Dilemmas of Axel Honneth's Theory (Marek Hrubec).- Chapter 10. The Harms of Global Poverty as Misrecognition: Social Suffering, Invisibility, Alienation (Monica Mookherjee).- Part III: Recognition and Poverty Alleviation Politics.- Chapter 11. When Microcredit Doesn't Empower Poor Women: Recognition Theory's Contribution to the Debate over Adaptive Preferences (David Ingram).- Chapter 12. Relational Poverty, Domination and Social Esteem: Recognizing the Poor's Agency via a Deliberative Approach to Anti-Poverty Policies (Pedro Lippmann and Katarina Fargosa).- Chapter 13. Universal Basic Income as a Recognition-Based Policy against Poverty (Gustavo Cunha).- Chapter 14. Crime and Punishment of the Poor from Recognition Theory Perspective (Javier Ciguela Sola).

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  • NCID
    BC08848402
  • ISBN
    • 9783030457945
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 321 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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