Recognition is at the center of Axel Honneth's influential theory regarding the Social. Disagreement forms the basis of Jacques Rancière's equally influential theory of the Political. For Honneth, Rancière’s conception of the Political is detached from reality and overly focused on equality. According to Rancière, Honneth's Recognition theory operates with mistaken notions of subjectivity and identity. Together, they examine what form a critical theory of society should take today. An exceptionally productive discussion between two opposing representatives of European post-Marxist thought.