Axel Honneth

Axel Honneth
Axel Honneth
	Honneth in 2016
Born	18 July 1949; Essen, West Germany
Alma mater	University of Bonn; Ruhr University Bochum; Free University of Berlin;
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Frankfurt School; Neopragmatism;
Institutions	Free University of Berlin; Goethe University Frankfurt; Columbia University;
Doctoral students	Carolin Emcke; Rahel Jaeggi; Hartmut Rosa; Harald Lemke;
Main interests	Political philosophy; Social philosophy; Moral philosophy; Critical theory; Recognition;

Axel Honneth (/ˈhɒnɪt, -ɛt/; German: [aksl̩ ˈhɔnɛt]; born 18 July 1949) is a German philosopher who is the Professor for Social Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University. He was also director of the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute for Social Research) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany between 2001 and 2018.

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