| | | Acknowledgements | | |
| | | Translators Note | | |
| | | Translators Introduction | | |
| | | Preface | | |
| | | Introduction | | 1 |
| Pt. I | | An Alternative Tradition in Modern Social Theory: Hegels Original Idea | | 3 |
| 1 | | The Struggle for Self-preservation: On the Foundation of Modern Social Philosophy | | 7 |
| 2 | | Crime and Ethical Life: Hegels Intersubjectivist Innovation | | 11 |
| 3 | | The Struggle for Recognition: On the Social Theory in Hegels Jena Realphilosophie | | 31 |
| Pt. II | | A Systematic Renewal: The Structure of Social Relations of Recognition | | 65 |
| 4 | | Recognition and Socialization: Meads Naturalistic Transformation of Hegels Idea | | 71 |
| 5 | | Patterns of Intersubjective Recognition: Love, Rights, and Solidarity | | 92 |
| 6 | | Personal Identity and Disrespect: The Violation of the Body, the Denial of Rights, and the Denigration of Ways of Life | | 131 |
| Pt. III | | Social-philosophical Perspectives: Morality and Societal Development | | 141 |
| 7 | | Traces of a Tradition in Social Philosophy: Marx, Sorel, Sartre | | 145 |
| 8 | | Disrespect and Resistance: The Moral Logic of Social Conflicts | | 160 |
| 9 | | Intersubjective Conditions for Personal Integrity: A Formal Conception of Ethical Life | | 171 |
| | | Notes | | 180 |
| | | Bibliography | | 200 |
| | | Index | | 209 |