CALL FOR PAPERS: Folia Iuridica "Recognition, Justice, and the Law" vol. 117, 2026

2025-09-29

The goal of this thematic issue is further elaboration and exploration of the themes mentioned above. We invite contributions that address the multifaceted relationship between recognition, justice, and law. We particularly welcome papers that engage with, but are not limited to, the following themes:

  • Recognition and Law: The possible uses of the theories of recognition in legal sciences and legal theory,
  • Recognition and Redistribution: The Honneth–Fraser debate on justice, inequality, and the interplay between cultural and material dimensions of social life.
  • Recognition and Democracy: The potential of recognition theory to ground a participatory, deliberative, or radical democratic ethos.
  • Recognition and Human Rights: The articulation between recognition, rights, and the visibility of marginalized groups within national and international frameworks.
  • Recognition in Contexts of Violence: The role of recognition in reconciliation, forgiveness, and historical memory, especially in societies marked by conflict, oppression, or systemic injustice.
  • Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: The implications of AI for recognition in contemporary societies, including algorithmic bias, digital exclusion, and the challenges of ensuring dignity and visibility in an increasingly data-driven world.

We invite both theoretical and applied approaches, including critical engagements with Honneth’s work, comparative perspectives with other thinkers (e.g., Fraser, Taylor, Habermas, Butler, Levinas), and interdisciplinary reflections that link philosophy with law, political theory, sociology, or memory studies.

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