{"id":10101,"date":"2011-08-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/08\/16\/en-philo-brazil-igf-2011-honneth-recognition\/"},"modified":"2011-08-16T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T20:00:00","slug":"en-philo-brazil-igf-2011-honneth-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/08\/16\/en-philo-brazil-igf-2011-honneth-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Honnethian Struggles for Recognition on Brazil IGF 2011 S\u00e3o Paulo \u2014 Three layers: love, law, solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This essay applies the conceptual framework of the Third Generation Frankfurt School<\/strong> \u2014 most prominently associated with Axel Honneth<\/strong> \u2014 to re-read the Brazil IGF 2011 S\u00e3o Paulo conference. Target audience: researchers, doctoral students, policy analysts, and executives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Introduction: The Problem<\/h2>\n

Honneth conceives recognition in three layers \u2014 love, law, solidarity \u2014 arguing that distortions at each layer produce social pathologies. Discussions at Brazil IGF suggest these layers are transformed under digital mediation.<\/p>\n

This essay argues that the multistakeholder process of Brazil IGF becomes intelligible in its specificity only through the concept of Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, and that the concept itself undergoes transformation under the new material of digital space. Describing this mutual transformation is the task of this essay.<\/p>\n

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Threefold recognition in digital space<\/h2>\n

Discussion of \u521d\u958b\u50ac in Brazil engages recognition at the family-relations (love) layer. Legal recognition appears in cross-border data debates; solidarity recognition in online community debates.<\/p>\n

Each session's agenda-setting can be read as a contemporary restaging of the Axel Honneth-type problematic.<\/p>\n

The national-level IGF (Brazil IGF) is an attempt to redefine the modern category of the nation-state in the digital era.<\/p>\n

Pathologies of recognition<\/h2>\n

Axel Honneth's concepts are not confined to abstract philosophical discussion; they apply to the concrete agenda items debated at the 2011 conference. We examine that application below.<\/p>\n

1. Application to "\u521d\u958b\u50ac"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u521d\u958b\u50ac" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a central problematic. In Brazil's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u521d\u958b\u50ac are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

2. Application to "Marco Civil"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "Marco Civil" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a derivative problematic. In Brazil's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around Marco Civil are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

3. Application to "\u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Brazil's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

4. Application to "\u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Brazil's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

5. Application to "\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u30ea\u30c6\u30e9\u30b7\u30fc"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u30ea\u30c6\u30e9\u30b7\u30fc" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Brazil's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u30ea\u30c6\u30e9\u30b7\u30fc are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

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Implications for Executives and Practitioners<\/h2>\n

The philosophical reflection of this essay is not merely academic. The Axel Honneth perspective carries three practical implications for executives operating in Brazil.<\/p>\n

First, it raises the reflexive question of how the firm's business model connects to the logic of Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>. Second, in dialogue with regulators and civil society, it suggests dimensions of consensus formation that purely technical arguments cannot reach. Third, it indicates that the long-term ground of business legitimacy lies not so much in technical advantage or market share as in participation in such philosophical-normative debates.<\/p>\n

Academic Positioning and Future Research<\/h2>\n

The argument of this essay attempts to graft a philosophical perspective onto the mainstream political-science and legal approaches to internet governance research. Three future research questions follow.<\/p>\n

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  1. Verification of the applicability of Axel Honneth's framework to other IGF conferences<\/li>\n
  2. Comparative contrast between Third Generation Frankfurt School<\/strong> and other theoretical traditions<\/li>\n
  3. Exploration of dialogue possibilities with the indigenous intellectual traditions of Brazil<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In particular, the third point has the potential to liberate IGF research from West-centric debate and open a more multi-layered discursive space.<\/p>\n

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