The Politics of Misrecognition (Rethinking Political and International Theory)

Hardcover, viii + 179 pages, NOT ex-library. Fine interior, clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Upper board corners reinforced with transparent tape. Boards show white scuff-marks around the edges, scratches, shelfwear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Introduction; Misrecognition and Ambivalence / Simon Thompson & Paul Hoggett; Axel Honneth's Antagonism: What Changes When the Mode of Acquiring Recognition Changes / Estelle Ferrarese; Overcoming the Injuries of 'Double Conscience' / Nasar Meer; 'The Imprison'd Absence of Your Liberty': Slavery, Recognition and Belonging / Laura Brace; Misrecognition: The Unequal Division of Labour and Contributive Justice / Andrew Sayer; Disability and Misrecognition / Gideon Calder; 'And Every Cruelty Will Cloud It': On Love, Damaged Selfhood and Criminal Harm / Majid Yar; Recognition and Esteem: a Case Study of the Struggles of People Affected by Leprosy / Ricardo Fabrino Mendonca; Conclusion; Index -- The past several decades have seen the emergence of a vigorous ongoing debate about the 'politics of recognition'. The initial impetus was provided by the reflections of Charles Taylor and others about the rights to cultural recognition of historically marginalized groups in Western societies. Since then, the parameters of the debate have considerably broadened. However, while debates about the politics of recognition have yielded significant theoretical insights into recognition, its logical and necessary counterpart, misrecognition, has been relatively neglected. 'The Politics of Misrecognition' is the most meticulous reflection to date on the importance of misrecognition for the understandings of our political and personal experience. A team of leading experts from a range of disciplines, including philosophy, political theory, sociology, psychoanalysis, history, moral economy and criminology present different theoretical frameworks in which the politics of misrecognition may be understood. They apply these frameworks to a wide variety of contexts, including those of class identity, disability, slavery, criminal victimization and domestic abuse. In this way, the book provides an essential resource for anyone interested in the dynamics of misrecognition and their implications for the development of political and social theory. …