Research On Honneth's Theory Of Freedom

Honneth is a famous contemporary German philosopher,sociologist and the third generation core figure of the Frankfurt School.His theoretical research focuses on criticizing capitalist society with interdisciplinary and comprehensive research methods,and is in the intersection of philosophy,ethics,political science and sociology,which makes his critical theory embody unique theoretical characteristics.Honneth's early "recognition theory" opened a new field of vision of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School.He re-examined the process of social and historical development from the perspective of "struggle for recognition".This paper attempts to lay a theoretical foundation for understanding the development of modern society from the perspective of political ethics,that is to seek the deep ethical factors on which the development of human history and human culture is based in a moral struggle.As a result,we will re-examine the relationship between people and people,people and society.With the development of his theory,the focus of Honneth's research has gradually shifted from the early recognition theory to the political philosophy fields,such as freedom and justice,and the theoretical form is from the recognition theory to the pluralistic justice and then to the recent conception of social freedom.Honneth's theoretical exploration of freedom reflects his realistic criticism of capitalist society.Honneth inherits the theoretical tradition of critical theory and tries to construct a set of freedom theory based on justice and ethical care in line with the path of social philosophy.Although Honneth's thought has been regarded as the theoretical focus of domestic academic circles in recent years,the theoretical and practical value of his free thought still needs to be deeply excavated and explored.Combined with the social situation of the present era,Honneth revived Hegel's political philosophy in the contemporary era.He put Hegel's philosophy of law in the perspective of critical theory and reinterpreted his theory of recognition and the thought of pluralistic justice.He draws lessons from the construction of Hegel's philosophy of law and starting from the relationship of communication and recognition between subjects,he regards the realization of social freedom as the prerequisite for the principle of social justice.This conception of social justice is no longer just an abstract rational principle,but based on the free mechanism connecting the social structure and its social elements,which makes the conception of social justice cross the gap between standardization and fact.With the help of reflecting on the morbidity and boundary of legal freedom and moral freedom in contemporary capitalist society,and through the analysis of the meaning and structure of social freedom,he constructed a theory about the conditions for the realization of social freedom.First of all,this paper combs the theoretical background and theoretical origin of Honneth's freedom theory.In view of the worldwide turbulence and other objective historical factors,the search for human dignity and the affirmation of intrinsic value have gradually become the inherent requirements of social justice in the new historical period.Honneth's attention to political ethics and freedom not only inherits the social critical tradition of the Frankfurt School,but also is inspired by the revival of contemporary political philosophy and critically reflects on the theoretical limitations of Kant and Rawls formalism.Honneth is determined to return to the theoretical path of Hegel's philosophy of law and to provide a theoretical answer in line with the requirements of the times to explore the conditions and mechanisms for the realization of social freedom.Through the investigation of the construction path of freedom theory in Honneth's new field of vision,starting with the change of critical theme and theoretical form concerned by Honneth,this paper probes into the construction of freedom theory with normative content based on recognition paradigm,and then makes an in-depth study of the content and structure of social freedom theory,and finally evaluates its historical status and practical significance on the basis of Honneth's transcendence of Habermas' communicative behavior theory.With the rapid development of knowledge economy in contemporary society,cultural soft power has become an important part of a country's comprehensive national strength.Honneth adheres to the theoretical construction idea of attaching equal importance to cultural inheritance and thinking innovation,and through the just interpretation of Hegel's philosophy of law,draws from the value concept of reconstruction of individual freedom in today's society,so as to promote the continuous development of social critical theory in the process of reflecting on the problems of the times.Honneth's study of freedom theory is not only the completion of the political and ethical turn of the Frankfurt School's social critical theory,but also makes the study of freedom theory social philosophy.It opens up a theoretical model for the study of freedom theory from the perspective of social philosophy.Although there are still many limitations in Honneth's theory,his recognition paradigm shift of critical theory and the unique research perspective of social freedom theory,the discussion on the problem of human freedom in contemporary society and the construction of social ethical life is worth thinking about both in theory and in reality.