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The Political Implications of Kant's Theory of Knowledge

Rethinking Progress

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Golan Moshe Lahat

    1. Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: On the Idea of Progress

    1. Introduction: On the Idea of Progress

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 1-16

  3. What Can We Know? Regulative Idea

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Kant’s Theory of Knowledge

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 19-38

    3. A Proposal for Three Boundaries of Cognition

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 39-63

    4. The Regulative Idea

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      Pages 64-94

  4. What Ought We Do?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. The Primacy of Practical Reason

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 97-120

    3. Setting the Moral Principle as a Categorical Imperative

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 121-133

    4. The Essence of the Moral Imperative

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 134-153

  5. What Can We Hope For?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. The Political According to Kant

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 157-180

    3. Manifestations of the Political: Kant’s Theories for Progress

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      Pages 181-208

    4. Regulative Politics

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 209-234

  6. Conclusion: On the Possibility of Regulative Progress

    1. Conclusion: On the Possibility of Regulative Progress

      • Golan Moshe Lahat
      Pages 235-240

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 241-298
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About this book

Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant's theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant's philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    Golan Moshe Lahat

About the author

Golan Moshe Lahat is a lecturer in the Political Science Department at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

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