Kant's political theory : interpretations and applications
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Kant's political theory : interpretations and applications
Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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
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Introduction
Elisabeth Ellis
1 Kant and the Social Contract Tradition
Onora O'Neill
2 Kant and the Circumstances of Justice
Arthur Ripstein
3 Is Kant's Rechtslehre a "Comprehensive Liberalism"?
Thomas W. Pogge
4 Realizing External Freedom: The Kantian Argument for a World State
Louis-Philippe Hodgson
5 The Progress of Absolutism in Kant's Essay "What Is Enlightenment?"
Robert S. Taylor
6 Unsocial Sociability: Perpetual Antagonism in Kant's Political Thought
Michaele Ferguson
7 Kant's Political Thought in the Prussian Enlightenment
Ian Hunter
8 Kant on Education
Mika LaVaque-Manty
9 Kant, Freedom of the Press, and Book Piracy
John Christian Laursen
Selected Bibliography
Index
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