{"product_id":"kants-political-theory-interpretations-and-applications-9780271053776","title":"Kants Political Theory Interpretations and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays examining Immanuel Kant's lectures and minor writings as well as his political essays. Offers a comprehensive introduction to Kant's political thought from a position of engagement with modern political and philosophical questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKant’s Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressive contemporary collection featuring some very distinguished contributors. Especially when brought together in one volume, these essays make important contributions to the literature on Kant's political philosophy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Larry D. Krasnoff,College of Charleston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the really remarkable aspects of political philosophy over the last three or four decades—spanning Arendtian, Habermasian, and Rawlsian theory—has been the stunning revival of interest in Kantian political thought. Elisabeth Ellis has put together a collection of essays featuring many of the most prominent and influential contributors to recent scholarship on Kant, thereby helping us appreciate why themes from Kantian political reflection (focusing on liberal justice and autonomy) are back on the radar screen of contemporary theorists and why they are very likely to remain there.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ronald Beiner,University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The distinguished Kant scholar Elisabeth Ellis, who has become an expert in Kant’s political philosophy, has edited an impressive collection of essays. Her knowledgeable and comprehensive introduction marks only the beginning of what is a thoroughgoing examination of Kant’s multifaceted political theory, which has often been underestimated by scholars. All of the essays in this volume are, without exception, of outstanding scholarly quality and persuasive in their argumentation as well as in their interpretive skill.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Otfried Höffe,University of Tübingen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKant's Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e consists of nine articles as well as one of the currently richest bibliographies on Kant's legal-political thought. . . . [T]he anthology provides a very good sense of the current variety of approaches to Kant's theory of justice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Helga Varden \u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKant’s Political Theory: Interpretations and Applications\u003c\/i\u003e is a useful and thought-provoking read, no less for the proposed interpretations than for the applications of Kant’s theory. It is a welcome addition to the growing secondary literature on Kant’s legal philosophy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alice Pinheiro Walla \u003ci\u003eInternational Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a wonderful collection. . . . We owe the fine Kant scholar Elisabeth Ellis a debt of gratitude for bringing this collection together. . . . Together [the contributors] provide a fresh new look at Kant’s political philosophy that no scholar of the subject should be without.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Samuel Fleischacker \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKant’s Political Theory \u003c\/i\u003e. . . ably demonstrates that Kant’s politics deserves close attention. The volume’s nine essays take up a variety of Kantian themes (e.g., the nature and basis of justice, freedom and international community, and education) and helpfully illuminate them from different perspectives (e.g., philosophical, interpretive\/textual, and historical). . . . All the essays are excellent, and many contain fresh, insightful readings of even the most familiar texts.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—J. Church \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabeth Ellis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\tKant and the Social Contract Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnora O’Neill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2\tKant and the Circumstances of Justice\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Ripstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3\tIs Kant’s \u003ci\u003eRechtslehre\u003c\/i\u003e a “Comprehensive Liberalism”?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas W. Pogge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4\tRealizing External Freedom: The Kantian Argument for a World State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis-Philippe Hodgson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5\tThe Progress of Absolutism in Kant’s Essay “What Is Enlightenment?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6\tUnsocial Sociability: Perpetual Antagonism in Kant’s Political Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichaele Ferguson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\tKant’s Political Thought in the Prussian Enlightenment\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8\tKant on Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMika LaVaque-Manty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9\tKant, Freedom of the Press, and Book Piracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Christian Laursen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400788353367,"sku":"9780271053776","price":53.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kants-political-theory-interpretations-and-applications-9780271053776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}