Sujet, corps, émancipation

An important contribution to contemporary research in the field of critical theory, particularly that of the Frankfurt School, this book offers a critical analysis of Axel Honneth's thought from the late 1980s to the present day. It also presents a study aimed at developing models for diagnosing "social pathologies" such as the reification of our interactions with the non-human environment (nature) as well as those in the field of work and in the processes leading to the outbreak of extreme violence. By reconsidering the mimetic and affective elements linked to the body (which had been central to the ideas of earlier theorists like Adorno) within the framework of a theory with a normative content, the book urges us to rethink the concepts of reification and of alienation beyond recognition in a perspective linking theory and practice.