Encountering the Other: Philosophical Perspectives on Recognition

The workshop contrasts recognitive perspectives on social interaction, particularly from the German critical theory tradition, with a range of alternative philosophical perspectives, particularly drawn from contemporary French philosophy and phenomenology, which explore alternative understandings and modalities through which social interaction is experienced. The papers will draw on the work of philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Axel Honneth, Michel Foucault, Paul Ricoeur, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others.

Program

9.45 am:          Welcome

10.00-11.00:    Lois McNay (Oxford University)
‘The Politics of Suffering and Recognition: Foucault contra Honneth’

11.00-11.30:    Coffee

11.30-12.30:    Alice Le Goff (Université Paris V Descartes)
‘Recognition, Freedom and Collective Action in Sartre’

12.30-13.30:    Katherine Morris (Oxford University)
‘Merleau-Ponty and Bodily Reciprocity: Understanding Other Others’

13.30-15.00       Lunch

15.00-16.00     Arto Laitinen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
‘Ricoeur on Recognition: Fallible Man, Oneself as Another and Course of
Recognition’

16.00-17.00     Robin Celikates (University of Amsterdam)
‘Recognition and the Politics of Needs’


All welcome! If you would like to attend this event please email Danielle
Petherbridge ([email protected]) or Luna Dolezal
([email protected]).