{"product_id":"the-pathologies-of-individual-freedom-by-axel-honneth-9780691171371","title":"The Pathologies of Individual Freedom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a penetrating reinterpretation and defence of Hegel's social theory as an alternative to reigning liberal notions of social justice. The eminent German philosopher Axel Honneth rereads Hegel's \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Right\u003c\/em\u003e to show how it diagnoses the pathologies of the overcommitment to individual freedom that Honneth says underlies the ideas of Rawls and Habermas alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHonneth argues that Hegel's theory contains an account of the psychological damage caused by placing too much emphasis on personal and moral freedom. Although these freedoms are crucial to the achievement of justice, they are insufficient and in themselves leave people vulnerable to loneliness, emptiness, and depression. Hegel argues that people must also find their freedom or \"self-realization\" through shared projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch projects involve the three institutions of ethical life—family, civil society, and the state—and provide the arena of a crucial third kind of freedom, which Honneth calls \u003cem\u003ecommunicative\u003c\/em\u003e freedom. A society is just only if it gives all of its members sufficient and equal opportunity to realise communicative freedom as well as personal and moral freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600055255276,"sku":"9780691171371","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4c3d5b775605b7ccbb2077282815a178.jpg?v=1778021310","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-pathologies-of-individual-freedom-by-axel-honneth-9780691171371","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}