The Struggle for Recognition in the Philosophy of Axel Honneth, Applied to the Current South African Situation and its Call for an ‘African Renaissance’

Philosophy & Social Criticism

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 537-561

  Presbey, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Renaissance; recognition; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844226357     PISSN: 01914537     EISSN: 1461734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01914537030295003     Document Type: Article

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