{"product_id":"kants-politics-in-context","title":"Kant's Politics in Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eKant's Politics in Context is the first comprehensive contextual study of Kant's legal and political philosophy. It gives an account of the development of his thought before, during, and after the French revolution. Reidar Maliks argues that Kant provided a philosophical defence of the revolution's republican ideals while aiming to avoid the twin dangers of anarchy and despotism. Central to this was a concept of equal freedom, constituted by legal rights\n\u003cbr\u003eand duties within a state. The close connection between freedom and the rule of law accounts for the centrality of the state in Kants thought.  That Kant idealized the public sphere is well\n\u003cbr\u003eknown, but that he intentionally developed his own  philosophy in polemical essays and pamphlets aimed for a wide audience has not been fully appreciated. Maliks shows how our understanding of Kant's political philosophy can be enriched through paying attention to the discussions he sparked during  the 1790swhere radical followers including Fichte, Erhard, and Bergk clashed with conservative critics such as Rehberg, Möser, and Gentz. This book provides fresh knowledge about a foundational\n\u003cbr\u003emoment for modern political thought and offers a new perspective on Kant's central political concepts, including freedom, rights, citizenship, revolution, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972449698030,"sku":"9780198817406","price":75.91,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198817406.jpg?v=1747713368","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/kants-politics-in-context","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}