Global limits : Immanuel Kant, international relations, and critique of world politics / Mark F.N. Franke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franke, Mark F. N., 1963- author.

Series:

SUNY series in global politics

SUNY series in Global Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

International relations--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 265 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Global Limits challenges both the current proliferation of Kantian readings of international affairs and the theoretical foundation Kant is presumed to provide the discipline. By thoroughly examining Kant's writings on politics, history, and ethics within the context of his larger philosophical project, Franke demonstrates that Kant's approach to international politics flatly contradicts many of the debates on which the modern discipline of International Relations rests. Paying specific attention to Kant's philosophy of judgment and the geopolitical vision one may draw from it, Franke concludes that scholars must give up the universal limits offered by concepts such as the international, world, or global, in favor of a far less certain and much more open interpretive framework emphasizing the political.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Kant in International Relations

The Rendering of Kant in International Relations Theory

Kant and the (Im)Possibility of International Relations Theory

Critique of World Politics

From World Politics to Politics (in ‘the World’)

Conclusion: Global Limits

Notes

Bibliography

SUNY series in Global Politics

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-255) and index.

ISBN:

9780791490532

079149053X