{"id":8970,"date":"2012-06-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/06\/14\/en-philo-eurodig-2012-stockholm-honneth-recognition\/"},"modified":"2012-06-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T07:00:00","slug":"en-philo-eurodig-2012-stockholm-honneth-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/06\/14\/en-philo-eurodig-2012-stockholm-honneth-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Honnethian Struggles for Recognition on EuroDIG 2012 Stockholm \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 EuroDIG 2012 Stockholm 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 EuroDIG suggest these layers are transformed under digital mediation.<\/p>\n

This essay argues that the multistakeholder process of EuroDIG 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 \u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9 in Sweden 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 regional IGF (EuroDIG) holds a philosophically distinct position as the intermediate category mediating global universality and national particularity.<\/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 "\u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a central problematic. In Sweden's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

2. Application to "\u77e5\u7684\u8ca1\u7523"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u77e5\u7684\u8ca1\u7523" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a derivative problematic. In Sweden's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u77e5\u7684\u8ca1\u7523 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

3. Application to "\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\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 Sweden's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

4. Application to "\u5730\u57df\u5354\u8abf"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u5730\u57df\u5354\u8abf" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Sweden's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u5730\u57df\u5354\u8abf are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

5. Application to "\u8d8a\u5883\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u8d8a\u5883\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf" can be positioned, from the perspective of Axel Honneth's Three layers: love, law, solidarity<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In Sweden's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u8d8a\u5883\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf 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 Sweden.<\/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 Sweden<\/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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