THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION IN UKRAINE: PHILOSOPHICAL ORIGINS AND UKRAINIAN CHALLENGES
Journal: Almanac of Ukrainian Studies
Year: 2025

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory of the politics of recognition within the framework of contemporary political philosophy and examines its relevance to Ukraine’s societal development amid large-scale transformations shaped by its postcolonial legacy and the full-scale war after 2022. The conceptual evolution of the politics of recognition is revealed as originating in the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel, who understood recognition as the foundation of self-consciousness an