The Political Theory of Recognition: A Critical Introduction

By Simon Thompson

Book Overview

This clear and accessible book provides an excellent guide through the ongoing and increasingly significant debate between multiculturalism and its critics. Focusing on the work on Charles Taylor, Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, Simon Thompson analyses the argument that a just society is one that shows all its members due recognition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745627625
• ISBN13: 9780745627625
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"