Social philosophy: History, current status, and future potential

Abstract

Social philosophy has a future independent of normative philosophy, which could eventually lead to the pretense of a weak and formal anthropology. Based
on recognition theory and given that current social philosophy has a historical basis, together with the stated anthropological dimension it will ensure its survival in the future. This article is divided into three parts: I) History of social philosophy; over the last two hundred years, philosophy has undergone a process of differentiation that has resulted in the creation of several sub-disciplines. For this reason, although the classical tripartition (theoretical philosophy, practical philosophy and aesthetic philosophy) subsists, in practice, other divisions have arisen that hardly fit the aforementioned scheme; II) an analysis of social pathologies, which implies that it should no longer be the State, but Society that slowly separates from it. This is how social philosophy emerges, as an ethical perspective, used to study social pathologies, which provoke social struggles that seek recognition and emancipation; III) potentialities of said discipline for the future. What should be assumed as “normal” about a social way of life that enables emancipation would be validated to the extent that the members of society itself come to a consensus on the desire to assume social development through democratic organization.