Axel Honneth

Axel Honneth
Axel Honneth
	Honneth in 2016
Born	18 July 1949; Essen, West Germany
Education
Alma mater	University of Bonn; Ruhr University Bochum; Free University of Berlin;
Thesis	Kritik der Macht. Foucault und die kritische Theorie (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Urs Jaeggi
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Frankfurt School; Neopragmatism;
Institutions	Goethe University Frankfurt; Free University of Berlin; Columbia University;
Doctoral students	Carolin Emcke; Rahel Jaeggi; Hartmut Rosa; Harald Lemke;
Main interests	Political philosophy; Social philosophy; Moral philosophy; Critical theory; Recognition;
Notable ideas	Recognition justice

Axel Honneth (/ˈhɒnɛt/; German: [ˈaksl̩ ˈhɔnɛt]; born 18 July 1949) is a German philosopher working in the tradition of critical theory, who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University. He directed the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (Institut für Sozialforschung) between 2001 and 2018.