Kant's rational religion and the radical enlightenment : from Spinoza to contemporary debates / Anna Tomaszewska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomaszewska, Anna, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Studies in Modern German Philosophy.

Bloomsbury Studies in Modern German Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Influence.

Kant, Immanuel.

Enlightenment.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Philosophy and religion--History.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"Kant's defence of religion and attempts to reconcile faith with reason position him as a moderate Enlightenment thinker in existing scholarship. Challenging this view and reconceptualising Kant's religion along rationalist lines, Anna Tomaszewska sheds light on its affinities with the ideas of the radical Enlightenment, originating in the work of Baruch Spinoza and understood as a critique of divine revelation. Distinguishing the epistemological, ethical and political aspects of such a critique, Tomaszewska shows how Kant's defence of religion consists of rationalizing its core tenets and establishing morality as the essence of religious faith. She aligns him with other 17th-century rationalists and German Spinozists and reveals the significance for contemporary political philosophy. Arguing that by prioritizing freedom of thought, and hence religious criticism, over an unqualified freedom of belief, Kant's theology approximates the secularising tendency of the radical Enlightenment. Here is an understanding of how the shift towards a secular outlook in Western culture was shaped by attempts to rationalize rather than uproot Christianity."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Towards the Radical Enlightenment: Setting the Stage for a Debate

2. Spinoza's God in Kant's Pre-Critical Writings

3. Kant as a Critic of Spinoza: From Enthusiasm to Virtuous Atheism

4. The Primacy of the Practical: Radical Enlightenment, Spinoza, and Kant

5. Kant's Heterodox Defense of Religion and the Early Modern Religious Rationalism

6. The Divinity of Reason in the Opus Postumum

7. Christianity as a Liberal Religion: Kant on the Relations between Church and State

8. Religion in the Public Sphere: Kant's Contribution to Secularism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-19587-1

9781350195868

1350195863

9781350195851

1350195855

OCLC:

1290324395