Ebook: Essays on Kant's Political Philosophy

As a political philosopher, Kant has until recently beenovershadowed by his compatriots Hegel and Marx. With hisstrong defense of the rights of the person and his deepinsight into the strengths and weaknesses of modern societyKant, possibly more than any other political thinker,anticipated the problems of the late twentieth century.Kant's political philosophy, wedded as it is to rights,reform and gradual progress, is emerging from the shadowscast by Hegelian and Marxist thinking about the state.In this volume, thirteen distinguished contributors from theUnited States, Canada, Britain, and Germany cast light onimportant aspects of Kant's liberal thinking. Key topicscovered include Kant's liberal reformism, his relation withHegel, his attitude to women, the use of reason, revolution,Kant's optimism and his moral and legal rigorism.Howard Williams is a reader in political theory in theDepartment of International Politics, University College ofWales, Aberystwyth. His previous publications includeKant's Political Philosophy, Concepts of Ideology, and Hegel, Heraclitus, and Marx's Dialectic.