Embodiment of Recognizing Differences: Alevis in Germany
Embodiment of Recognizing Differences: Alevis in Germany

Author(s): Deniz Coşan Eke
Subject(s): Education, Geography, Regional studies, Islam studies, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Islam; Alevism; Germany; migration; recognition;
Summary/Abstract: Recognition is a form of respecting or valuing another (human) being (the different meanings of recognition are described in Inwood, 1992: 245-47; and Margalit, 2001: 128-129). Perhaps the most influential formulation of this concept is Hegel’s “struggle for recognition” argument. Hegel discusses as Inwood (1992) states, recognition in mainly three implications which are identification, detecting and honouring the status of others in order to gain 'self-consciousness or self-knowledge'. Generally, we can argue that recognition is also one of the most complicated topics because it involves political results and legal effects.

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