[Revised entry by Mattias Iser on July 27, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Recognition has both a normative and a psychological dimension. Arguably, if you recognize another person with regard to a certain feature, as an autonomous agent, for example, you do not only admit that she has this feature but you embrace a positive evaluative attitude towards her for having this feature. Such recognition also implies frequently that you bear obligations to express this attitude in action, that is, treat her in a certain way. Hereby you recognize a specific normative status of the other person, e.g., as a free and…
Poststructuralism as a Regime of Truth: Foucault and the Paradox of Philosophical Authority
Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
