Bound by Competing Agendas: A Comment on Patchen Markell's Bound by Recognition

In: Polity, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 20-27

Abstract

This essay expounds upon Hegel's interpretation of Antigone employed by Markell in analyzing recognition, as well as his analysis of the work of Will Kymlicka's work in understanding liberal frameworks with recognition. However, in the latter interpretation, it would not have been possible to interpret acknowledgement rather than recognition. With regards to the example of the Muslim schoolgirls in France, who or what institution recognizes or acknowledges? In addition, utilizing the concept of multiculturalism, in contrast to Markell's analysis, the return to a politics of acknowledgement is not without problems when substituting for the politics of identity theory. Lastly, the issue of terrorism in the United States shows that the acknowledgement of the Muslim immigrants who are arrested without certain rights is in conjunction with the interest of the state. Markell does take a huge step in understanding individuals who have not been recognized in previous movements. Appendixes, References. G. Chen