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Book SynopsisKant has taken seriously, as no one else in the history of philosophy did, the existence of extraterrestrials. Their central role in his thought allows for a new approach of cosmopolitanism, in a tight dialogue with Carl Schmitt. At stake is a geopolitics of the sensible.
Trade Review"Among the vast body of scholarship that explores the Kantian theory of space, none does so with greater urgency, concision, and wit than Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials. It is especially innovative not only in its examination of the theme of extraterritoriality but also in its staging of the confrontation between Kant and Schmitt over the origin and fate of so-called outer space." -- -Peter Fenves Northwestern University "Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials charts an original and compelling path from Schmitt to Kant, science fiction and Derrida, bringing to light the fantastical yet persistently unsettling role played by fictions of extraterritoriality in the philosophical elaboration of modern cosmopolitanism." -- -Daniel Heller-Roazen Princeton University "Regardless of whether Kant really believed in little green men, Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials is a timely contribution to a bourgeoning field of inquiry." -Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Table of ContentsContents 1. A Little Bit of Tourism 2. Star Wars 3. Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials 4. Cosmetics and Cosmopolitics 5. Weightlessness (The Archimedean Point of the Sensible) 6. Postface: What's Left of Cosmopolitanism? Notes
