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Author | : Paul T. Wilford |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2021-06-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0812297792 |
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) transformed the philosophical, cultural, and religious landscape of modern Europe. Emphasizing the priority of practical reason and moral autonomy, Kant's radically original account of human subjectivity announced new ethical imperatives and engendered new political hopes. This collection of essays investigates the centrality of progress to Kant's philosophical project and the contested legacy of Kant's faith in reason's capacity to advance not only our scientific comprehension and technological prowess, but also our moral, political, and religious lives. Accordingly, the first half of the volume explores the many facets of Kant's thinking about progress, while the remaining essays each focus on one or two thinkers who play a crucial role in post-Kantian German philosophy: J. G. Herder (1744-1803), J. G. Fichte (1762-1814), G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831), Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). This two-part structure reflects the central thesis of the volume that Kant inaugurates a distinctive theoretical tradition in which human historicity is central to political philosophy. By exploring the origins and metamorphoses of this tremendously influential tradition, the volume offers a timely perspective on fundamental questions in an age increasingly suspicious of the Enlightenment's promise of universal rational progress. It aims to help us face three sets of questions: (1) Do we still believe in the possibility of progress? If we do, on what grounds? If we do not, why have we lost the hope for a better future that animated previous generations? (2) Is the belief in progress necessary for the maintenance of today's liberal democratic order? Does a cosmopolitan vision of politics ultimately depend on a faith in humanity's gradual, asymptotic realization of that lofty aim? (3) And, if we no longer believe in progress, can we dispense with hope without succumbing to despair?
Author | : G. Lahat |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2013-10-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137264381 |
Download The Political Implications of Kant's Theory of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant's theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant's philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century.
Author | : Sharon Anderson-Gold |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780791448199 |
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Demonstrates the systematic connection between Kant's ethics and his philosophy of history.
Author | : Kate A. Moran |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2012-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0813219523 |
Download Community and Progress in Kant's Moral Philosophy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The text draws on a wide range of Immanuel Kant's writings, including his texts on moral and political philosophy and his lectures on ethics, pedagogy, and anthropology. Though the book is grounded in an analysis of Kant's writing, it also puts forward the novel claim that Kant's theory is centrally concerned with the relationships we have in our day-to-day lives.
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Abaris Books |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1983-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780913870594 |
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Author | : Luigi Caranti |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1783169818 |
Download Kant's Political Legacy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book focuses on Kant’s analysis of three issues crucial for contemporary politics. Starting from a new reading of Kant’s account of our innate right to freedom, it highlights how a Kantian foundation of human rights, properly understood and modified where necessary, appears more promising than the foundational arguments currently offered by philosophers. It then compares Kant’s model for peace with the apparently similar model of democratic peace to show that the two are profoundly different in content and in quality. The book concludes in analysis of Kant’s controversial view of history to rescue it from the idea that his belief in progress is at best over-optimistic and at worst dogmatic. Congratulations to Professor Luigi Caranti and his book 'Kant's Political Legacy' which has been given a 'honorable mention' by the North American Kant Society in the competition for the best 2018 book on Kant!! http://northamericankantsociety.onefireplace.org/Announcements/6660588
Author | : Elisabeth Ellis |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2015-06-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0271059869 |
Download Kant’s Political Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1995-02-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521319287 |
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Occupying him for more than the last decade of his life, this volume includes the first English translation of Kant's last major work, the so-called Opus postumum, which he described as his "chef d'oeuvre" and the keystone of his entire philosophical system.
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2002-05-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139433091 |
Download Theoretical Philosophy after 1781 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume, originally published in 2002, assembles the historical sequence of writings that Kant published between 1783 and 1796 to popularize, summarize, amplify and defend the doctrines of his masterpiece, the Critique of Pure Reason of 1781. The best known of them, the Prolegomena, is often recommended to beginning students, but the other texts are also vintage Kant and are important sources for a fully rounded picture of Kant's intellectual development. As with other volumes in the series there are copious linguistic notes and a glossary of key terms. The editorial introductions and explanatory notes shed light on the critical reception accorded Kant by the metaphysicians of his day and on Kant's own efforts to derail his opponents.
Author | : Richard Eldridge |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2017-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190847360 |
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Human subjects are both formed by historical inheritances and capable of active criticism. Insisting on this fact, Kant and Benjamin each develop powerful, systematic, but sharply opposed accounts of human powers and interests in freedom. A persistent constitutive tension between Kantian and Benjaminan ideals is woven through human life. By examining the two philosophers through this volume, Richard Eldridge attempts to make better sense of the commitment forming, commitment revising, anxious, reflective and acculturated human subjects we are.