Beyond Communication. A Critical Study of Axel Honneth's Social Philosophy
Biographical note
Jean-Philippe R. Deranty, PhD (1998) in Philosophy, University Paris IV-Sorbonne, is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has published extensively on European philosophy and Critical Theory.
Readership
All those interested in social and political philosophy, Critical Theory, European philosophy, as well as social theory and the theory of social movements.
Reviews
"It is an indispensible text for those not thoroughly versed in these matters who want to engage Honneth's work."
Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego, Department of Anthropology, (Suomen Antropologi).
Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego, Department of Anthropology, (Suomen Antropologi).
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