Poverty, Inequality and the Critical Theory of Recognition

by Gottfried Schweiger

Overview

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 socialcauses, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030457945
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/22/2020
Series:	Philosophy and Poverty , #3
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	321
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gottfried Schweiger is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg. He works in social and political philosophy. Previous publications include (co-authored with Gunter Graf) “A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty” (Palgrave Macmillan 2015) and (co-edited with Johannes Drerup, Gunter Graf and Christoph Schickhardt) “Justice, Education and the Politics of Childhood” (Springer 2016).

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 Cigüela Sola).