Kant : political writings

Full Title:

Kant : political writings

Author:

Kant, Immanuel

Other Author:

Reiss, Hans Siegbert.

Statement of Responsibility:

edited with an introduction and notes by Hans Reiss ; translated by H.B. Nisbet

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• Table of contents

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Edition:

2n edition

Language:

English

Description:

xv, 311 p.

Summary:

The original edition of Kant: Political Writings was first published in 1970, and has long been established as the principal English-language edition of this important...

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The original edition of Kant: Political Writings was first published in 1970, and has long been established as the principal English-language edition of this important body of writing. In this new, expanded edition, two important texts illustrating Kants's view of history are included for the first time: his reviews of Herder's Ideas on the Philosophy of The History of Mankind and Conjectures on the Beginning of Human History; as well as the essay What is Orientation in Thinking. In addition to a general introduction assessing Kant's political thought in terms of his fundamental principles of politics, this edition also contains such useful student aids as notes on the texts, a comprehensive bibliography, and a new postscript, looking at some of the principal issues in Kantian scholarship that have arisen since first publication.

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Contents:

Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition List of abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan purpose...

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Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition List of abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan purpose 3. An answer to the question: 'what is enlightenment?' 4. On the common saying: 'this may be true in theory, but it does not apply in practice' 5. Perpetual peace: a philosophical sketch 6. The metaphysics of morals 7. The contest of faculties 8. Appendix 9. Reviews of Herder's ideas on the philosophy of the history of mankind 10. Conjectures on the beginning of human history 11. Introduction to what is orientation in thinking? 12. What is orientation in thinking? Notes to the text Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects.

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Publisher & Date:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Date of Publication:

1991

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Classification:

A 8.5.2
A 8.2

ISBN:

9780521398374
9781107266230
0521398371