Recognition Theory as Critical, Social and Social Struggle Theory
An Application to the Critical Analysis of Feminized Domestic Work
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https://doi.org/10.52292/j.dsc.2025.4615Keywords:
Recognition theory, critical theory, social theory, domestic work, principle of equalityAbstract
The article presents the theory of recognition as a social theory of the differentiation of action spheres, as a theory of social struggles for recognition, and as a critical theory. This distinction allows to identify, among other things, the place and function of institutions and moral principles in each of these theories. With these distinctions in mind, the phenomenon of feminized domestic work is studied from the point of view of the relationship between the spheres of love, law, and social esteem, showing that the interesting and rich part of the analysis lies precisely in the intersection of these spheres. From there, certain useful conclusions are drawn for the struggles for recognition and the critical theory of society. One of them lies in the primacy of the egalitarian principle, over that of love and achievement, in the critical treatment of said phenomenon.
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