Axel Honneth

Axel Honneth
Honneth in 2016
Born	(1949-07-18) 18 July 1949 (age 75) 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[1][2] Rahel Jaeggi Hartmut Rosa Harald Lemke [de][3]
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^[4] and the Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities in the department of philosophy at Columbia University.^[5] He was also director of the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute for Social Research) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany between 2001 and 2018.