| dc.description.abstract | This thesis aims to analyze the relevance of the Honnethian notion of recognition for
the promotion of women's rights. Its specific objectives are to understand the history
of women and the inequalities they face, to subsequently reconstruct Axel Honneth's
theory about the struggle for recognition (the motivation for social conflict, the spheres
of recognition) and understand in what ways the theory of recognition relates to gender
issues. In addition, we aim to understand how this concept can, or cannot, assist in the
advancement of women's rights in contemporary neoliberal society. To achieve these
goals, we will explore the work The Struggle for Recognition (2009), by Axel Honneth,
as well as other works complementary to the discussion, such as Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792/2016) and Gender: Key Concepts in
Philosophy, by Tina Chanter (2011), in addition to journalistic material and legal briefs
to contextualize the situation of women. That said, the method chosen was the
bibliographic research with special attention to the previously mentioned work of Axel
Honneth. The results of the research indicate that Honneth’s theory of recognition
contributes to the progress of women's rights due to the model of struggle the
philosopher elaborated. However, the theory alone will not be able to handle the
demands of contemporaneity, thus, it seems that it needs to be combined with a
political model that imagines a feminism for the majority and/or does not treat it as a
"woman's thing". | en |
