Love, Honour and Recognition: Feminist interpretations of Hegelian Political Theory

Abstract

The starting point of this work is the thesis that Hegel's ideas about love and honor, as well as the Hegelian notion of recognition, are today a fundamental supply for feminist political theory. To demonstrate that idea, we will take the “double look” method: on the one hand, we will offer an overview of the place of women in Hegel's work; on the other, we will seek to demonstrate the political productivity of many of his ideas in contemporary feminist thought.