Axel Honneth's 2011 book (translated from German) developing a social theory of freedom grounded in Hegel's Philosophy of Right — arguing that freedom is not negative (freedom from) or reflective (freedom of self-determination) but social (freedom in mutual recognition).
Argues that the highest form of freedom is achieved not in individual self-determination but in social relationships of recognition — in family, civil society, and democratic institutions — making freedom inherently social rather than individual.
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