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‘When I Look I am seen, so I Exist’: Supplementing Honneth’s Recognition Theory for Social Work

‘When I Look I am seen, so I Exist’: Supplementing Honneth’s Recognition Theory for Social Work. Stan Houston, Professor of Social Work, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast (content not to be reproduced without author’s permission).

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‘When I Look I am seen, so I Exist’: Supplementing Honneth’s Recognition Theory for Social Work

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  1. ‘When I Look I am seen, so I Exist’: Supplementing Honneth’s Recognition Theory for Social Work Stan Houston, Professor of Social Work, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast (content not to be reproduced without author’s permission)

  2. Honneth’s Theory of Recognition • The theorisation of human identity in the social sciences • Identity-formation and inter-subjective recognition • Honneth’s contribution to the debate

  3. Honneth’s 3 Forms of Recognition

  4. Honneth’s Contribution • Comprehensiveness and inclusivity • Building on Habermas’ communicational approach • Honneth vs Taylor vs Fraser • Key gap in theory?

  5. Enlarged Model

  6. Implications for Social Work • Use as a counter-factual tool • Identity-formation as a founding principle in social work?

  7. Implications for Social Work Intervention

  8. Conclusion • ‘When I look I am seen, so I exist’ • Recognition for social workers as the pre-condition for recognition-based social work practice?

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