
This article presents Butler's perspective on the problem of human recognition, based on her reworkings and debates with Hegel and Honneth, respectively. To do this, firstly, we review the treatment of the subject in Hegel and, also, Butler's particular reinterpretation of the dialectic of lord and bondsman. Secondly, we analyze a debate with Honneth where Butler counter-argues based on the category of dependency. Finally, we discuss Butler's stance on human recognition in Frames of War (2009). The hypothesis framing this text is that, in her critical dialogue with the two German philosophers, it is possible to anticipate the subsequent construction of her own notion of human recognition, supported by the categories of corporeality and dependency.