Kant’s Political Theory

Interpretations and Applications

Elisabeth Ellis

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9780271059860
• Topic: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Subtopic: Storia e teoria politica

Past interpreters of Kant's thought seldom viewed his writings on politics as having much importance, especially in comparison with his writings on ethics, which (along with his major works, such as the Critique of Pure Reason ) received the lion's share of attention. But in recent years a new generation of scholars has revived interest in what Kant had to say about politics. From a position of engagement with today's most pressing questions, this volume of essays offers a comprehensive introduction to Kant's often misunderstood political thought. Covering the full range of sources of Kant's political theory—including not only the Doctrine of Right, the Critiques, and the political essays but also Kant's lectures and minor writings—the volume's distinguished contributors demonstrate that Kant's philosophy offers compelling positions that continue to inspire the best thinking on politics today.

Aside from the editor, the contributors are Michaele Ferguson, Louis-Philippe Hodgson, Ian Hunter, John Christian Laursen, Mika LaVaque-Manty, Onora O'Neill, Thomas W. Pogge, Arthur Ripstein, and Robert S. Taylor.

Table of contents

• COVER Front
• CIP page
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction (Elisabeth Ellis)
• Notes to Introduction
• Chapter 1: Kant and the Social Contract Tradition (Onora O’Neill)
• Notes to Chapter 1
• Chapter 2: Kant and the Circumstances of Justice (Arthur Ripstein)
• Notes to Chapter 2
• Chapter 3: Is Kant’s Rechtslehre a “Comprehensive Liberalism”? (Thomas W. Pogge)
• Notes to Chapter 3
• Chapter 4: Realizing External Freedom: The Kantian Argument for a World State (Louis-Philippe Hodgson)
• Notes to Chapter 4
• Chapter 5: The Progress of Absolutism in Kant’s Essay "What Is Enlightenment?” (Robert S. Taylor)
• Notes to Chapter 5
• Chapter 6: Unsocial Sociability: Perpetual Antagonismin Kant’s Political Thought (Michaele Ferguson)
• Notes to Chapter 6
• Chapter 7: Kant’s Political Thought in the Prussian Enlightenment (Ian Hunter)
• Notes to Chapter 7
• Chapter 8: Kant on Education (Mika LaVaque-Manty)
• Notes to Chapter 8
• Chapter 9: Kant, Freedom of the Press, and Book Piracy (John Christian Laursen)
• Notes to Chapter 9
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• COVER Back