Mutual recognition establishes a symmetrical dependence between self and Other

Evidence

The only means of breaking this vicious circle that throws me back on myself is to restore to the other, through mediation and recognition, his human reality, which is different from natural reality. The other has to perform the same operation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782 (#expands, via linked claim)

I am calling this process of mutual recognition the “promise” of freedom, since, like any promise, it requires two parties who bind themselves to one another in a shared commitment to uphold their trust in one another. Th e promise is bound by no more and no less than the freedom of the parties who bring it into existence. It is also a promise in the anticipatory sense insofar as it points us toward what Derrida refers to as a freedom to come. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 644 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Self-consciousness only becomes truth through the Other’s recognition — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 683; Mutual recognition is the sole escape from solipsistic self-enclosure — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782; Self-certainty requires recognition from the other (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Mutual recognition is the sole escape from solipsistic self-enclosure #expands (0.90) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782
• Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness #corroborates (0.90)
• Self-certainty requires recognition from the other #corroborates (0.85)
• Mutual recognition functions as a promise binding two parties’ freedom #expands (0.85) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 644
• Human worth depends on recognition by another person #corroborates (0.80)
• Self-identity depends on the trustworthy company of equals #corroborates (0.80)
• Mutual eye contact is inherently reciprocal and self-revealing #exemplifies (0.75)
• The friend-enemy distinction dissolves only through mutual recognition within shared space #expands (0.72)
• The totality of for-itself and in-itself differs from for-others by its absence of reciprocity #exemplifies (0.72)