This unique collection examines the connections between two complementary approaches to philosophical social theory: Hegel-inspired theories of recognition (Anerkennung), and analytical social ontology. The chapters investigate the social constitution of persons and the nature of social and institutional reality.

Heikki Ikäheimo is Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has published widely on Hegel, recognition and personhood.
Arto Laitinen is University Lecturer at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His publications include Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources (2008), Dimensions of Personhood (2007, edited with Heikki Ikäheimo), Hegel on Action (2010, edited with Constantine Sandis) and a number of articles on mutual recognition.