Kant's Critique of Hobbes: Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Kant's Critique of Hobbes: Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism
By (Author) Howard Williams
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
6th November 2003
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
320.01
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 138mm, Height 220mm
Description
Kant's Critique of Hobbes is a unique systematic study of the relationship between the two thinkers. In it, Howard Williams demonstrates the viable alternative to Hobbes' orthodoxy that can be found in Kant's political writings. Looking closely at the main concepts that are in contention in Kant's relationship with Hobbes - freedom, equality and independence - the book sheds new light on ideas that lie at the foundations of contemporary political order. Williams shows also how Kant helps anticipate the development of a world-wide political system and suggests that through Kant's political philosophy, the sovereignty of the individual state and cosmopolitanism (world-citizenship) can be brought into agreement.
Author Bio
Howard Williams is Professor in International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the general editor of the Political Philosophy Now series. He is the author of many books and articles, including Kant's Political Philosophy (1983), Concepts of Ideology (1988), International Relations and the Limits of Political Theory (1996) and Francis Fukuyama and the End of History (with D. Sullivan and G. Matthews, 1997).
