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Recognition, Identity, and Difference

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This entry discusses three forms of politics of recognition: politics of universalism, affirmative identity politics, and deconstructive politics of difference. It examines the constitutive, causally formative, and normative role that recognition has for the relevant senses of universal standing, particular identity, and difference in these approaches.

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  1. Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Arto Laitinen

  2. Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Onni Hirvonen

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  1. Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Münster Philosophisches Seminar, Münster, Germany

    Ludwig Siep

  2. School of Humanities & Languages, The University of New South Wales School of Humanities & Languages, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Heikki Ikaheimo

  3. Philosophisches Seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Philosophisches Seminar, Münster, Germany

    Michael Quante

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Laitinen, A., Hirvonen, O. (2020). Recognition, Identity, and Difference. In: Siep, L., Ikaheimo, H., Quante, M. (eds) Handbuch Anerkennung. Springer Reference Geisteswissenschaften. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19561-8_68-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19561-8_68-2

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