Toward perpetual peace and other writings on politics, peace, and history / Immanuel Kant ; edited and with an introduction by Pauline Kleingeld ; translated by David L. Colclasure ; with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle, Allen W. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Contributor:

Kleingeld, Pauline.

Waldron, Jeremy.

Doyle, Michael W., 1948-

Wood, Allen W.

Series:

Rethinking the Western tradition

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2006

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Peace.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 265 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Immanuel Kant's views on politics, peace, and history, as expressed in Toward Perpetual Peace and other key writings on these topics, have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. Indeed, in recent debates on citizenship, globalization, the United Nations, and the role of the state in the post-Cold War world, Kant's philosophy plays a vital role. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant's writings on international relations theory and political philosophy, superbly translated and accompanied by stimulating essays.

Pauline Kleingeld provides a lucid introduction to the main themes of the volume, and three essays by distinguished contributors follow: Jeremy Waldron on Kant's theory of the state; Michael W. Doyle on the implications of Kant's political theory for the theory of international relations; and Allen W. Wood on Kant's philosophical approach to history and its current relevance.

Contents:

A Brief Sketch of Kant's Life and Works ix

Texts

Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Perspective 3

An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? 17

Conjectural Beginning of Human History 24

Critique of Judgment, [Section] 83-[Section] 84 37

On the Common Saying: This May Be True in Theory, but It Does Not Hold in Practice, Parts 2 and 3 44

Toward Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch 67

Metaphysics of Morals, Doctrine of Right, [Section] 43-[Section] 62 110

The Contest of the Faculties, Part 2 150

Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, Part 2, Section E 164

Essays

Kant's Theory of the State / Jeremy Waldron 179

Kant and Liberal Internationalism / Michael W. Doyle 201

Kant's Philosophy of History / Allen W. Wood 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-265).

Translated from the German.

ISBN:

0300117949

0300110707

OCLC:

64098383

Publisher Number:

9780300117943

9780300110708

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