{"id":12465,"date":"2012-11-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/11\/06\/en-philo-igf-2012-baku-honneth-recognition\/"},"modified":"2012-11-06T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T05:00:00","slug":"en-philo-igf-2012-baku-honneth-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/11\/06\/en-philo-igf-2012-baku-honneth-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Honnethian Struggles for Recognition on Global IGF 2012 Baku \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 Global IGF 2012 Baku 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 Global IGF suggest these layers are transformed under digital mediation.<\/p>\n

This essay argues that the multistakeholder process of Global 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 \u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u3068\u591a\u69d8\u6027 in Azerbaijan engages recognition at the family-relations (love) layer. Legal recognition appears in cross-border data debates; solidarity recognition in online community debates.<\/p>\n

The conference theme "Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development" carries implications beyond a mere policy slogan. It can be positioned as a contemporary reformulation, in digital-era vocabulary, of the kinds of questions Axel Honneth problematized.<\/p>\n

The form of the Global IGF stands between the principle of national sovereignty and the logic of a global public realm that transcends it.<\/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 2012 conference. We examine that application below.<\/p>\n

1. Application to "\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u3068\u591a\u69d8\u6027"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u3068\u591a\u69d8\u6027" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a central problematic. In Azerbaijan's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u3068\u591a\u69d8\u6027 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

2. Application to "\u30bb\u30ad\u30e5\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30bb\u30ad\u30e5\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a derivative problematic. In Azerbaijan's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30bb\u30ad\u30e5\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

3. Application to "\u6279\u5224\u7684\u8cc7\u6e90"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u6279\u5224\u7684\u8cc7\u6e90" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Azerbaijan's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u6279\u5224\u7684\u8cc7\u6e90 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

4. Application to "\u767a\u5c55"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u767a\u5c55" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Azerbaijan's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u767a\u5c55 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

5. Application to "\u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Azerbaijan's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u56fd\u9023\u9023\u643a 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 Azerbaijan.<\/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 Azerbaijan<\/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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