Kant: Lectures and Drafts on Political Philosophy

This first translation into English of Immanuel Kant's unpublished material on political philosophy, illuminating the development of his views.

Frederick Rauscher (Edited and translated by), Kenneth R. Westphal (Translated by)

9781108813037, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 March 2020

467 pages
23.4 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.7 kg

This book is the first translation into English of the Reflections which Kant wrote whilst formulating his ideas in political philosophy: the preparatory drafts for Theory and Practice, Toward Perpetual Peace, the Doctrine of Right, and Conflict of the Faculties; and the only surviving student transcription of his course on Natural Right. Through these texts one can trace the development of his political thought, from his first exposure to Rousseau in the mid 1760s through to his last musings in the late 1790s after his final system of Right was published. The material covers such topics as the central role of freedom, the social contract, the nature of sovereignty, the means for achieving international peace, property rights in relation to the very possibility of human agency, the general prohibition of rebellion, and Kant's philosophical defense of the French Revolution.

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
General introduction
Translators' remarks
Reflections on the Philosophy of Right
Natural Right course lecture notes by Feyerabend
Drafts for published works
Drafts for Theory and Practice
Drafts for Toward Perpetual Peace
Drafts for the Metaphysics of Morals
Drafts for Conflict of the Faculties
Notes
Glossary
Topical and chronological concordance
Index.

Subject Areas: Jurisprudence & philosophy of law [LAB], Law [L], Political science & theory [JPA], History of ideas [JFCX], Social & political philosophy [HPS], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD], History of Western philosophy [HPC], Philosophy [HP], History [HB]