Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim (Hardcover)

Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalisation have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea of a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume, written by distinguished contributors, discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations. Does the study of history convey any philosophical insight? Can it provide political guidance? How are we to understand the destructive and bloody upheavals that constitute so much of human experience? What connections, if any, can be traced between politics, economics, and morality? What is the relation between the rule of law in the nation state and the advancement of a cosmopolitan political order? These questions and others are examined and discussed in a book that will be of interest to philosophers, social and political theorists, and intellectual and cultural historians.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Critical Guides
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Amelie Oksenberg Rorty • James Schmidt (Professor)
Dimensions:	235 x 162 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-87463-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-521-87463-7
Barcode:	9780521874632

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