Selected Political Writings of Kant (Cambridge History of Political Thought: Facsimile Edition)

Author: (German) Immanuel Kant
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Publish Date: 2003-07-14
Features: First published in 1970, this much-acclaimed collection of the political writings of Immanuel Kant has now been revised and expanded for publication in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Three important texts are translated here for the first time, and Professor Reis has added, in addition to an extended bibliography, a substantial postscript, looking at recent developments in Kantian scholarship and the changes that these have wrought in our understanding of Kant's political thought. In his general introduction, Professor Reis outlines the central tenets of Kant's political philosophy, relating the texts translated to the broader intellectual context of the European Enlightenment and Kant's own work on moral philosophy and the philosophy of history. Kant's aim was to establish the based and provide a philosophical vindication of representative, constitutional government that would guarantee respect for the political rights of all individuals.