Wijsgerig Perspectief - Volume 65, Issue 2, 2025

Abstract This essay examines the complex concerns surrounding AI integration in professional workplaces through the lens of Frankfurt School critical theory, particularly Axel Honneth's work on recognition. Moving beyond reductive narratives of technological progress or worker exploitation, I analyze how AI-mediated labour transforms professional identity and workplace relations. The analysis distinguishes betw Read More

Abstract This article explores how the widespread adoption of AI in the workplace threatens the value of solidarity – an often overlooked but central feature of valuable work. It distinguishes between two forms of solidarity: productive solidarity, which arises from cooperation and shared creation, and labour solidarity, which emerges from collective resistance within wage labour systems and suggests that the replacement of huma Read More

Abstract This essay – an excerpt from De toekomst van werk. Van hierarchie naar democratie – explores the role of hierarchies at work. It argues that these hierarchies have many dysfunctional features and often deny individuals the moral respect they are owed as equal citizens. Instead, more democratic forms of work should be tried out, where appropriate by help of digital communication tools. An example are deliberat Read More