Political Theory of Recognition – A Critical Introduction Thompson Hardback

The Political Theory of Recognition\n\nA Critical Introduction\n\nSimon Thompson (Author)\n\n9780745627618, Polity Press\n\nHardback, published 11 August 2006\n\n224 pages\n23.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.449 kg\n\n\""Thompson provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the recognition debates \u2013 scrupulously fair and bursting with insights.\""\nNancy Fraser, New School for Social Research, New York\n\""The politics of recognition plays a central role in discussions of identity, equality and democratic inclusions in contemporary social and political thought, yet until this book there has been no comprehensive and authoritative guide to the literature on recognition. Thompson displays a mastery of the material and provides a sure-footed guide to the intricacies of the work of the main theorists of recognition \u2013 Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser and Charles Taylor. This book will be required reading for those working on democratic inclusion, identity politics and equality, and serves as]