Global Limits

Mark F. N. Franke

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Global Limits challenges both the current proliferation of Kantian readings of international affairs and the theoretical foundation Kant is presumed to provide the discipline. By thoroughly examining Kant's writings on politics, history, and ethics within the context of his larger philosophical project, Franke demonstrates that Kant's approach to international politics flatly contradicts many of the debates on which the modern discipline of International Relations rests. Paying specific attention to Kant's philosophy of judgment and the geopolitical vision one may draw from it, Franke concludes that scholars must give up the universal limits offered by concepts such as the international, world, or global, in favor of a far less certain and much more open interpretive framework emphasizing the political.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Kant in International Relations
Politics of Theory Confronts the World Interests, Arguments, and Chapters

Chapter One: The Rendering of Kant in International Relations Theory
Readings of Perpetual Peace
Requirements of a 'Kantian' Paradox
Masking International Relations in Perpetual Peace
The Need for Philosophical Reflection

Chapter Two: Kant and the (Im)Possibility of International Relations Theory
Kant's Refusal of Traditional Debates
Kant's Challenge to Conventional Attitudes
Conditions for the Possibility of Theorizing International Relations
Enlightenment and the Impossibility of International Relations Theory

Chapter Three: Critique of World Politics
Judgment and the World
Kant's Geopolitics
Beauty and the Beast: Extending Leviathan to the World
Beginnings of a Critical Approach Toward World Politics

Chapter Four: From World Politics to Politics (in 'the World')
Enlightenment as a Limit Attitude
A Limit Attitude for the Study of World Politics
Imperatives of Responsibility
Doubting World Politics

Conclusion: Global Limits

Notes

Bibliography

SUNY series in Global Politics

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Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie politique
• International relations

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 16 mai 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791490532
• Langue: English

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GLOBAL LIMITS

SUNY series in Global Politics James N. Rosenau, Editor

GLOBAL LIMITS

Immanuel Kant, International Relations, and Critique of World Politics

Mark F. N. Franke

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Franke, Mark F. N., 1963– Global limits : Immanuel Kant, international relations, and critique of world politics / Mark F. N. Franke. p. cm. — (SUNY series in global politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-4987-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-4988-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. International relations—Philosophy. 2. Political science— Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series.

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Dedicated in loving memory to my greatest of playmates, Juergen “Paddy” Franke

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Contents

Introduction: Kant in International Relations Politics of Theory Confronts the World Interests, Arguments, and Chapters

Chapter One: The Rendering of Kant in International Relations Theory Readings ofPerpetual Peace Requirements of a ‘Kantian’ Paradox Masking International Relations in Perpetual Peace The Need for Philosophical Reflection

Chapter Two: Kant and the (Im)Possibility of International Relations Theory Kant’s Refusal of Traditional Debates Kant’s Challenge to Conventional Attitudes Conditions for the Possibility of Theorizing International Relations Enlightenment and the Impossibility of International Relations Theory

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Chapter Three: Critique of World Politics Judgment and the World Kant’s Geopolitics Beauty and the Beast: Extending Leviathan to the World Beginnings of a Critical Approach Toward World Politics

Chapter Four: From World Politics to Politics (in ‘the World’) Enlightenment as a Limit Attitude A Limit Attitude for the Study of World Politics Imperatives of Responsibility Doubting World Politics

Conclusion: Global Limits

Notes

Bibliography

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As my research interests progressed from political philosophy toward international relations in the early 1990s, it was not my intention to write a book on Immanuel Kant. To be honest, my first encounters withCritique of Pure Reasonleft me ungratified. I was happy to leave such study in the awkward struggles of my under- graduate education. However, in 1991, Rob Walker quietly urged me to return to Kant, with a broader look into his writings on history, politics, and ethics. And it was through these initially re- luctant re-readings of Kant that the study of international rela- tions truly gained importance for me. I am deeply grateful to Rob for having drawn me back to Kant. And I thank him for the many words of encouragement and criti- cism he has offered over the past years, as I have ultimately devel- oped that early inquiry toward a larger study of both personal and academic significance. The general lack of serious attention to political philosophy in international relations on the North American scene forced me to operate largelyin-betweenfields. As a result, much of the these work in writing this book was conducted in relative solitude. And for this reason itself, I accept full responsibility for any errors and misreadings that may occur within the text. However, several mentors and colleagues have contributed richly to the successful development of this project. David Campbell helped me considerably in the early years of my research on Kant to more fully appreciate the deep theoretical

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