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Matthew Congdon is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, USA, specializing in ethics, social philosophy, and aesthetics. His book, Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts, was published in 2024.

Thomas Khurana is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and Director of the Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy. He is the editor of a special issue of the European Journal of Philosophy (2021) on Recognition and the Second Person and the author of The Life of Freedom in Kant and Hegel (2026).

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The concept of recognition has moved to the forefront of philosophical research in recent decades, particularly in political and social philosophy but also related areas, including philosophy of race and gender, philosophy of mind and language, ethics and aesthetics. It is a concept with deep roots from at least Rousseau and Hegel to contemporary social theory.

In this outstanding volume, an international roster of contributors expands our perspective on recognition beyond the standard story, providing a thought-provoking reassessment of the concept and its history. Covering the fundamental figures and themes, while also going beyond them, the twenty-nine chapters explore the full scope of recognition in four sections:

Aesthetic recognition, including chapters on Kant, Simmel, Murdoch, and the relationship between recognition, art, and film, including Boorman's Deliverance and the Dardenne brothers' Rosetta.
Recognition in philosophy of mind and language, including chapters on mind-reading, psychoanalysis, the logic and language of recognition, and its relation to epistemic agency.
The ethics of recognition, including chapters on Homer, Plato, classical yoga, F. Schlegel, Beauvoir, the Anthropocene, and recognition in the ethics of cognitive disability.
The social and political philosophy of recognition, including chapters on property and gift-giving, Hegel's aftermath, slavery and liberation, colonialism, Arendt, and alterity.

With a lucid introduction by the editors detailing the standard story of recognition and what lies beyond, Recognition: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives provides an authoritative and multifaceted exploration of this fascinating concept, expanding its relevance considerably. It will be important reading for those in philosophy as well as related disciplines such as political theory, sociology, social psychology, and psychoanalysis.

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Philosophies of Recognition: An Introduction Matthew Congdon and Thomas Khurana Part 1: Aesthetics 1. Aesthetic Recognition: A Kantian Model Samantha Matherne 2. Three Models of Aesthetic Recognition Jörg Schaub 3. Playing Society: Simmel's "Sociability" and the Idea for an Aesthetic Species of Recognition Barbara Carnevali 4. A Recognitive Bond without Terms: The Concept of Aesthetic Action Florian Klinger 5. Scott Shushan 6. Recognition and Deliverance Andrew Norris 7. Failed Recognition in the Dardennes' Rosetta: Hegelian Implications Robert B. Pippin Part 2: Mind, Language, and Knowledge 8. Recognition versus Mind-Reading in Philosophy of Mind and Language Richard Moran 9. Recognition in Theory: Psychoanalytic Theory and the Epistemology of Recognition Francey Russell 10. Acknowledgment Is Not Recognition: On the Perlocutionary Dimension of Our Normative Practices Daniele Lorenzini 11. From Interacting Substances to Recognizing People: On the Logical Foundations of Hegel's Theory of Recognition Andrew Werner 12. Recognition and Intellectual Self-Trust Nadja El Kassar 13. Homeplace: Recognition-giving Practices and Epistemic Agency in Communal Spaces Hilkje C. Hänel Part 3: Ethics 14. Ancient Greek Recognition? Homer, Plato, and the Struggle for Honor Jonathan Fine 15. Recognition of the Will Wayne Martin 16. Persons, Animals, and Recognition: A Classical Yoga Perspective Owen Ware 17. A Romance of Recognition: Nature, Gender and Sex(ism) in Friedrich Schlegel Federica Gregoratto 18. Unveiling Existential Ambiguity: The Role of Recognition in Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy Manon Garcia 19. From Ecocide to Nature's Right: Recognition in the Anthropocene Jay Bernstein 20. Moral Invisibility and Institutional Care Vanessa Carbonell Part 4: Social and Political Philosophy 21. Kant's Theory of Property as a Theory of Mutual Recognition Rafeeq Hasan 22. Recognition in a Form of Life Terry Pinkard 23. G.W.F. Hegel, Frantz Fanon, and Angela Davis on Recognition, Slavery, and Liberation Daniel James and Franz Knappik 24. Five Notes on Counter-Recognition Daniel Loick 25. Metamorphosis of Value: Epistemic Protocols in the Racial Longue Durée Rocío Zambrana 26. Arendt's Philosophy of Appearance and the Ambivalences of Recognition Sophie Loidolt 27. The Power of the Third: Recognition and Gift-Giving Dirk Quadflieg 28. Equality, Interpellation, Liberation: Three Vectors of Recognition Christoph Menke (translated by Jacob Blumenfeld). Index