Kant's Embedded Cosmopolitanism.
This book uncovers Kant's hidden theory of cosmopolitan education within the framework of his overall practical philosophy. The Kant brought out here turns out to be very different from current mainstream appropriations, which erroneously consider him one of the founding fathers of the 'ne...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston, Germany :
De Gruyter,
2015
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| Series: | Kantstudien. Ergänzungshefte.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Types of cosmopolitanisms; 1.2 The new Kant; 1.3 Was Kant really a cosmopolitan?; 1.4 Kant's embedded and dynamic cosmopolitanism; 1.5 Outline of the book; 2 Cosmopolitanisms in Kant's philosophy; 2.1 Cosmopolitanisms according to Kant; 2.2 The concept of the highest good: immanent or transcendent?; 2.3 Kant's philosophy of history: The manipulation, education o self-education of humankind?; 2.4 The ethical commonwealth: the duty of the human race towards itself; 3 Kant's right of world citizens: a historical interpretation.
- 3.1 Kant's commercial cosmopolitanism3.2 The historical context I: international legal theory; 3.3 The historical context II: the spirit of commerce, the four-stage theory, doux commerce, global integration, and mutual self-interest; 4 Educating Émile: Rousseau on embedded cosmopolitanism; 4.1 Rousseau's attack on forms of cosmopolitanism; 4.2 Rousseau's tentative republican cosmopolitanism; 4.3 Rousseau's vision of cosmopolitan education; 4.4 The limitations of Rousseau's approach; 5 Sources of Kant's cosmopolitanism: Basedow, Rousseau, and cosmopolitan education.
- 5.1 Johann Bernhard Basedow: a cosmopolitan-minded educational reformer5.2 Kant's assessment of Basedow's educational theory; 5.3 Rousseau: The split between cosmopolitan homme and patriotic citoyen; 5.4 Reinterpreting Rousseau: dynamic moral cosmopolitanism; 6 Taking a detour: Kant's theory of moral cosmopolitan formation; 6.1 An outline of moral education according to Kant; 6.2 Education following Kantian principles as cosmopolitan formation; 7 Res publica: Kant on cosmopolitical formation; 7.1 The republican tradition and the Kantian republic; 7.2 Cosmopolitical education according to Kant.
- 7.3 Kant's vision of progress in a genuine republic8 Conclusion: From Kant to the present; 8.1 From cosmopolitanism to nation states in German philosophy: Schiller, Novalis, Fichte, Hegel, Herbart (1795-1835); 8.2 Kant's cosmopolitanism as a historical phenomenon: metaphysics, history, contingency; 8.3 Kant's legacy and the new cosmopolitanism; 8.4 Kant's didactics, contemporary discourses, and cultural developments; Bibliography; Subject index; Index of names.
