Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History

by Immanuel Kant; Edited and with an Introduction by Pauline Kleingeld; Translatedby David L. Colclasure; With Essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle, and Allen W. Wood

• ISBN13: 9780300110708
• ISBN10: 0300110707
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Immanuel Kant's views on politics, peace, and history, as expressed in Toward Perpetual Peace and other key writings on these topics, have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. Indeed, in recent debates on citizenship, globalization, the United Nations, and the role of the state in the post-Cold War world, Kant's philosophy plays a vital role. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant's writings on international relations theory and political philosophy, superbly translated and accompanied by stimulating essays.

Table of Contents

A Brief Sketch of Kant's Life and Works	ix
A Note on the Texts	xi
A Note on the Translation	xiii
Abbreviations	xiv
Editor's Introduction	xv
Texts
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Perspective	3	(14)
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?	17	(7)
Conjectural Beginning of Human History	24	(13)
Critique of Judgment, § 83—§ 84	37	(7)
On the Common Saying: This May Be True in Theory, but It Does Not Hold in Practice, Parts 2 and 3	44	(23)
Toward Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch	67	(43)
Metaphysics of Morals, Doctrine of Right, § 43—§ 62	110	(40)
The Contest of the Faculties, Part 2	150	(14)
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, Part 2, Section E	164	(15)
Essays
Kant's Theory of the State	179	(22)
Jeremy Waldron
Kant and Liberal Internationalism	201	(42)
Michael W. Doyle
Kant's Philosophy of History	243	(20)
Allen W. Wood
Bibliography	263