"Nå er jeg ikke bare en boms, jeg er en boms med et formål" : Axel Honneths teori om anerkjennelse som motivasjon til selvrealisering blant hjemløse og sosialt utsatte

Abstract

This text is an ethnographic study of recognition as motivation to self-realization among the homeless and socially vulnerable. It is based on Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, where an interaction in the recognition between the three spheres the private, the legal and solidarity is a prerequisite if self-realization should be possible to achieve. Self-realization is understood here as man's sovereign right to the choice of path in life and hence the good life. The research is done during a six-week field period at street magazine Hus Forbi in Copenhagen, Denmark. The interaction between sellers and the employees are observed from a socialpedagogical point of view, but without a potential change in focus and only in terms of what recognition can provide and the opportunities that may lie therein.