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v. 2 n. 2 (2015): 1º Semestre de 2015

At the Margin of the Gift: The Struggle for Recognition and Justice as “Complex Equality” in Paul Ricoeur’s Thought

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abril 6, 2026
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2019-06-03

Resumo

This article aims to rethink the role of recognition as the foundation of the social bond.The main references are the third part of Ricoeur’s last work The Course of Recognition and the central section of Marcel Hénaff’s work The Price of the Truth: Gift, Money, and Philosophy on ceremonial gift-giving. The first part of my article focuses on Ricoeur’s critique of modern individualism and on the modern idea of social bond referring to Hobbes’, Hegel’s and Honneth’s speculation. The second section gives an innovative reflection on the social bond, on institutions and on justice. The social bond foundation can be rethought from the ceremonial gift-giving as a charitable giving in which the other is accepted as an irreplaceable partner. Once the bond is settled, there is the hope that it can be pacific and enduring. In this part, I present a personal reflection on Ricoeur seen as a thinker at the margin of the gift. Trust, belief, recognition of human dignity and justice as “complex equality” are the main concepts for a new type of social bond. The possibility of a pacific bond is open but not automatically ensured.

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