Kant's Political Legacy

Human Rights, Peace, Progress

Luigi Caranti (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2017
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78316-979-5 (ISBN)

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An original, informed, and engaging reading of Kant’s ideas on basic rights and human dignity, on how to eliminate war from international affairs, and on the reasons we have to believe that political progress is possible.

This book focuses on Kant’s analysis of three issues crucial for contemporary politics. Starting from a new reading of Kant’s account of our innate right to freedom, it highlights how a Kantian foundation of human rights, properly understood and modified where necessary, appears more promising than the foundational arguments currently offered by philosophers. It then compares Kant’s model for peace with the apparently similar model of democratic peace to show that the two are profoundly different in content and in quality. The book concludes in analysis of Kant’s controversial view of history to rescue it from the idea that his belief in progress is at best over-optimistic and at worst dogmatic.

Congratulations to Professor Luigi Caranti and his book 'Kant's Political Legacy' which has been given a 'honorable mention' by the North American Kant Society in the competition for the best 2018 book on Kant!! http://northamericankantsociety.onefireplace.org/Announcements/6660588

Luigi Caranti (PhD Boston University) is associate professor of political philosophy at the Universita di Catania. He focuses on Kant and political philosophy, and has published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Political Philosophy, Kant Studien and Journal of Human Rights.

IntroductionPart I: Human Rights1.Kant's Theory of Human Rights2.Human Rights: The Contemporary Debate3. The Foundation of Human Rights: The Dignity ApproachPart II: Peace4.Kant's Theory of Peace 5.Democratic Peace Theory6.Comparing and Assessing the Two ModelsPart III: Progress7.Kant's Early Teleology in Idea8.To perpetual peace: A Secular Guarantee of Progress?9.Progress and Political Agency

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Political Philosophy Now
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-78316-979-6 / 1783169796
ISBN-13	978-1-78316-979-5 / 9781783169795
Zustand	Neuware