Axel Honneth
German philosopher · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1949 · age 77
Axel Honneth is a German philosopher working in the tradition of critical theory, who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University.
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2015Ernst Bloch AwardAward2014Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes IAwardHonorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne UniversityAward2007“Social philosophy is primarily concerned with determining and discussing processes of social decelopment that can be viewed as misdevelopments, disorders or "social pathologies.”In their wordsDisrespect: The Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (2007), p. 41949Born18 July 1949
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He directed the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research between 2001 and 2018.
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Germany
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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1949 · age 77
