Philosophical discourses of recognition

Abstract

This paper seeks to explore the trajectory and the development of the concept of recognition in recent debates. Having in view the complexity of this topic, our main purpose is the exploration of the concept’s polysemy. This task will be accomplished starting with the reconstruction of two contemporary debates: the first one between Taylor and Habermas and the second one between Fraser and Honneth, dialoging with Paul Ricouer’s recognition theory.