Social Freedom, Democracy and the Political: Three Reflections on Axel Honneth's Idea of Socialism

Authors

Stephen W. Sawyer
William J. Novak, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow
James T. Sparrow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

Axel Honneth’s Idea of Socialism is an important clarion call for an urgent rethinking of the possibilities of a socialism for the twenty-first century. One of the most surprising and satisfying aspects of Axel Honneth’s timely new book is its recovery of the continued vitality of John Dewey’s pragmatic democratic philosophy. These reflections on Honneth’s use of John Dewey for democratizing social freedom, take stock of and explore the political limits of Honneth’s social reconstruction.

Recommended Citation

Sawyer, Stephen W., William J. Novak, and James T. Sparrow. "Social Freedom, Democracy and the Political: Three Reflections on Axel Honneth's Idea of Socialism." Tocqueville Review 40, no. 1 (2019): 241-59.