Theory and Practice of Recognition

Onni Hirvonen is Senior Researcher in philosophy in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. His main interests are in Hegelian philosophies of recognition and contemporary social ontology. His recent publications in these areas include the peer-reviewed articles "Recognition and Civic Selection" (2021), "The Problem of the First Belief: Group Agents and Responsibility" (2020), and "Recognitive Arguments for Workplace Democracy" (with Keith Breen, 2020). He has edited a book on the philosophy and politics of recognition in Finnish (2020).Heikki J. Koskinen is a PhD and a docent of theoretical philosophy. He works as a Senior Advisor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Koskinen is the author of From a Metaphilosophical Point of View: A Study of W. V. Quine’s Naturalism (2004). He has co-edited several books including Categories of Being: Essays on Metaphysics and Logic (2012) and Recognition and Religion: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives (Routledge, 2019). Koskinen’s recent journal publications include "Antecedent Recognition: Some Problematic Educational Implications of the Very Notion" (2018), "Mediational Recognition and Metaphysical Power: A Systematic Analysis" (2020), and "Recognition, Identity, and Authenticity in the Blues" (2021).

"This volume is an unforeseen synthesis of a wide range of expertise, an essential reading to any scholar working in the field of social philosophy."Joona Taipale, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

• The Theory and Practice of Recognition: An Introduction, Onni Hirvonen and Heikki J. Koskinen I Recognition, Personal Life, and the Constitution of the Self 1. Authenticity and the Problem of Social Recognition, Cillian McBride2. Recognition and the Human Life-Form: Towards an Anthropological Turn in Critical Theory, Heikki Ikäheimo3. Mutual Recognition and Well-Being: What Is It for Relational Selves to Thrive?, Arto Laitinen4. Recognition: Intersubjectivity and Self-Respect, Antje Gimmler5. Varieties of Social Invisibilization and Non-person Treatment, Carl-Göran Heidegren6. The Gift Model of Recognition, Veronika HoffmannII Political Practice and the Theory of Recognition7. Populism, Polarization, and Misrecognition, Christopher F. Zurn8. The Environment of Recognition, Simon Thompson9. Creating Irrelations: The #MeToo Phenomenon in the Light of Recognition Theory, Jaana Hallamaa10. How to Criticize? On Honneth’s Method, Mikael Carleheden11. Emancipation and Interpretation of Norms in Contemporary Recognition Theory, Heikki J. Koskinen12. Institutionally Mediated Recognition: A Vicious Circle?, Onni HirvonenIII Historical and Religious Practices of Recognition13. Recognition and Fides: Old and New Paths of Conceptual History, Risto Saarinen14. "I Am Not Like Other People!" Desire for Esteem within the Community of Equals, Ritva Palmén15. Citizens and the Criteria for Recognition in the Roman Empire, Maijastina Kahlos16. Beyond the Theory-Practice Dichotomy: Pragmatism, Antitheodicy, and the Recognition of Suffering, Sami Pihlström