Kant's Politics in Context - Rilegato

Maliks, Reidar

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ISBN 10: 0199645159 ISBN 13: 9780199645152

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2014

Riassunto

Kant's Politics in Context is the first comprehensive contextual study of Kant's legal and political philosophy. It gives an account of the development of his thought before, during, and after the French revolution. Reidar Maliks argues that Kant provided a philosophical defence of the revolution's republican ideals while aiming to avoid the twin dangers of anarchy and despotism. Central to this was a concept of equal freedom, constituted by legal rights and duties within a state. The close connection between freedom and the rule of law accounts for the centrality of the state in Kants thought.

That Kant idealized the public sphere is well known, but that he intentionally developed his own philosophy in polemical essays and pamphlets aimed for a wide audience has not been fully appreciated. Maliks shows how our understanding of Kant's political philosophy can be enriched through paying attention to the discussions he sparked during the 1790swhere radical followers including Fichte, Erhard, and Bergk clashed with conservative critics such as Rehberg, Möser, and Gentz. This book provides fresh knowledge about a foundational moment for modern political thought and offers a new perspective on Kant's central political concepts, including freedom, rights, citizenship, revolution, and war.

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Recensione:

The book is well-written and the arguments are well-established. I highly recommend the book for anyone who is interested in Kant's moral and political philosophy. (Aref Ebadi, Political Studies Review)

The book nicely illuminates Kants political philosophy in its socio-historical context... The book is well-written and the arguments are well-established. I highly recommend the book for anyone who is interested in Kants moral and political philosophy. (Aref Ebadi, University of Nottingham)

In Kants Politics in Context, Reidar Maliks convincingly sketches how Kants theorizing responded not only to the French Revolutions often harrowing consequences but also to friends and foes who sought to use Kants philosophy to make sense of those events...Both goals are admirably met, and the result is a lively image of Kant among his contemporaries during an extremely rich period of political philosophizing. (Lydia L. Moland, International Philosophical Quarterly)

This book situates Kants political writings in relation to the sociopolitical context of his day. As such, it is an important contribution to the literature on Kants political philosophy...This is an excellent book and should be read by anyone with an interest in Kant or enlightenment political philosophy. (Jonathan Peterson, Loyola University, New Orleans, Ethics)

This is scholarship at a very high level. Scrupulously well argued and rigorously structured, Maliks's book offers some fascinating insights into Kant's political philosophy and his times. (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Kant's Politics in Context is a remarkable piece of scholarship. Unusually, it will make for stimulating reading for Kant scholars―who have much to gain from Maliks's contextualist approach―as well as serving as a clear introduction to Kant's political theory. ...we can be thankful to Reidar Maliks for restoring to full view the teleology of a human being urgently and consummately engaged with the political issues of his day. (Ben Holland, History of European Ideas)

Maliks' groundbreaking study shows that Kant's solutions appear much less mysterious once the development in Kant's thought is connected to the contemporaneous debates on the political implications of his philosophy (Sofie Møller, European Journal of Politcal Theory)

Reidar Maliks' Kant's Politics in Context is a much needed addition to the literature on Kant's legal and political philosophy. ...Maliks throws considerable light onto the development of Kant's legal and political thought and provides an invaluable picture of the German public sphere during that time. ...It is a significant contribution to recent Kant scholarship and, last but not least, a fascinating read (Alice Pinheiro Walla, The Philosophical Quarterly)

it is beyond doubt that Maliks' argument succeeds in revealing the significance of Kant's distinctive philosophy of politics and law in the face of alternative political-legal visions found in that period of European intellectual history. (Mehmet Ruhi Demiray, Contemporary Political Theory)

this is scholarship at a very high level. Scrupulously well argued and rigorously structured, Malik's book offers some fascinating insights into Kant's political philosophy and his times. (Mike Wayne, Los Angeles Review of Books)

L'autore:

Reidar Maliks' articles have appeared in journals including Kantian Review and History of Political Thought and he is the co-editor of Kantian Theory and Human Rights. Reidar Maliks is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199645159
• ISBN 13: 9780199645152
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208