Katrin Flikschuh
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 497126 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Katrin Flikschuh |
| PRENOMES | Katrin |
| SOBRENOME | Flikschuh |
| ASSINATURA | FLIKSCHUH K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4585-6844 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How Not to Ground an African Moral Theory
This paper contests Thaddeus Metz’s rejection of ontological or metaphysical grounding in moral theorizing. Despite Metz’s contention that no moral conclusions can be derived from ontological premises, Metz himself engages in moral metaphysics when he derives persons’ moral status from value-conferring properties. Metz thereby violates the hard fact/value distinction he seemingly endorses at the outset of his inquiry. This raises the question whe…
On Democratic Mindedness in Global Normative Theorising
In this contribution I argue that the appeal to the ‘democratic underlabourer thesis’ in the context of international political theorising is premature at best. While theorists who are democratically minded often assume their democratic commitments to equate to an unconditional egalitarian commitment, I argue that as a political, governance-related concept, democratic equality is in fact conditional. More specifically, it is conditional upon all …
Ancestral Existence and the Mind’s Afterlife
This article examines Oyowe’s highly distinctive socio-ontological account of ancestral existence. According to Oyowe, ancestors are intentional objects. Ancestors thus constitute a social kind and are ontologically distinct from natural kinds. The article critiques and rejects Oyowe’s distinction between social and natural kinds. The article then goes on to outline a possible alternative approach that draws on quasi-materialist and pan-psychic m…
Africa and the Possibility of Philosophy
In this brief memoriam, I argue that Hountondji's methodological concern over the possibility of African philosophy led him to query the very idea of philosophy as the search for universal knowledge. Hountondji's lasting legacy thus consists, among other things, in challenging the image of Western philosophy as the repository of universal knowledge. To the contrary, philosophy will come into its own only through the critical construction of cultu…
W. E. B. Du Bois and transnational cosmopolitanism
Book Roundtable
Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe. 2022. Menkiti's Moral Man. London: Lexington Books
Innate right in Kant—A critical reading
A now influential reading of Kant's statement of innate right in the Doctrine of Right interprets it as affirming a basic right of each to freedom of choice and action. This reading treats the innate right as foundational to Kant's entire philosophy of right—all other rights are said to be derived from the innate right. I call this the ‘free choice’ reading of innate right; while it enjoys considerable intuitive appeal, it is contestable on textu…
Can I Choose to Be Who I Am Not
This article engages Abraham Olivier’s recent distinction between ‘being’ and ‘choosing to be’ within his phenomenological approach to subjectivity in general and to African, communal subjectivity in particular. I recapitulate and problematize aspects of Olivier’s reverse phenomenological analysis, briefly contrasting it with more orthodox African approaches to the ontology of the self. I then hone in on the distinction between being who I am and…
What is Orientation in Global Thinking?
Starting from Kant's striking question 'What is orientation in thinking?', this book argues that the main challenge facing global normative theorising lies in its failure to acknowledge its conceptual inadequacies. We do not know how to reason globally; instead, we tend to apply our domestic political experiences to the global context. Katrin Flikschuh argues that we must develop a form of global reasoning that is sensitive to the variability of …
Freedom and Constraint in Kant’s Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Kant’s political thinking is predominantly evaluated in contractarian terms, though recent contributions have also emphasized the natural law influence on him. This paper argues that the assimilation of Kant into either tradition is problematic. An analysis of his account of political obligation cannot ignore the distinctiveness of Kant’s general philosophical framework. Two recurrent Kantian themes are crucial to a reconstruction of his politica…
Kant and Colonialism
This book examines Kant’s controversial position on colonialism in the context of his wider cosmopolitan commitments. The book explores Kant’s maturing opposition to European conquest and colonization, and the implication of that opposition to his moral and political thinking more generally. The book offers no single overall position on the subject matter but draws instead on the distinctive disciplinary expertise of individual contributors. The …
Kant and colonialism
This text offers an exploration of Kant's position on colonialism. Bringing together a team of leading scholars in both the history of political thought and normative theory, the chapters in the volume seek to place Kant's thoughts on colonialism in historical context, examine the tensions that the assessment of colonialism produces in Kant's work, and evaluate the relevance of these reflections for current debates on global justice andthe relati…
Personal autonomy and public authority
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Elusive Unity
According to one interpretation of Leviathan, Hobbes sinks the democratic argument in favour of government by representation into his own argument in favour of absolute rule. This paper argues that Kant in turn sinks Hobbes’ argument for coercive political authority into Rousseau’s construction of the volonté générale . Why does Kant reject Rousseau’s argument in favour of popular sovereignty; why does he revert to Hobbes’ endorsement of a coerci…
The Idea of Philosophical Fieldwork
This article is about the idea of philosophical fieldwork as a possible corrective to our current state of ignorance regarding the thoughts and views of distant others in the context of global normative theorising. By ‘philosophical fieldwork’ I mean a type of conceptual discovery — philosophical as non-empirical fieldwork. By ‘distant others’ I do not mean the ‘global poor’ but our academic peers who work within moral and political contexts dist…
Justice without virtue
This chapter suggests two sorts of objections that mere outward conformity of a person's action with general principles of justice is all that can be required by justice even if not by ethics. It engages with both these objections, though pays more attention to the first and flags the second objection. The chapter sets out the systematic objection to the possible inclusion of Kant's philosophy of Right in his moral philosophy. It also argues that…
Hope as Prudence
Kant's Sovereignty Dilemma
Kant’s Non-Individualist Cosmopolitanism
Reason, Right, and Revolution
Kant's Indemonstrable Postulate of Right
The indispensability of the ‘postulate of practical reason with regard to Right’ to Kant's property argument in the Rechtslehre is now widely recognized. However, most commentators continue to focus their attention on the relation between the postulate and the deduction of the concept of intelligible possession. The nature of this relation remains a matter of dispute in part because the precise position of the postulate within chapter one of the …
The Limits of Liberal Cosmopolitanism
Kant and Modern Political Philosophy
In this book Katrin Flikschuh examines the relevance of Kant's political thought to major issues and problems in contemporary political philosophy. She advances and defends two principal claims: that Kant's philosophy of Right endorses the role of metaphysics in political thinking, in contrast to its generally hostile reception in the field today, and that his account of political obligation is cosmopolitan in its inception, assigning priority to…
Metaphysics and the Boundaries of Justice
(2000). Metaphysics and the Boundaries of Justice. Global Society: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 487-505
Kant and Modern Political Philosophy
Kant's Sovereignty Dilemma
Reason, Right, and Revolution
The Idea of Philosophical Fieldwork
This article is about the idea of philosophical fieldwork as a possible corrective to our current state of ignorance regarding the thoughts and views of distant others in the context of global normative theorising. By ‘philosophical fieldwork’ I mean a type of conceptual discovery — philosophical as non-empirical fieldwork. By ‘distant others’ I do not mean the ‘global poor’ but our academic peers who work within moral and political contexts dist…
The Limits of Liberal Cosmopolitanism
Is kant a liberal
Kant and Modern Political Philosophy
In this book Katrin Flikschuh examines the relevance of Kant's political thought to major issues and problems in contemporary political philosophy. She advances and defends two principal claims: that Kant's philosophy of Right endorses the role of metaphysics in political thinking, in contrast to its generally hostile reception in the field today, and that his account of political obligation is cosmopolitan in its inception, assigning priority to…
Metaphysics and the Boundaries of Justice
(2000). Metaphysics and the Boundaries of Justice. Global Society: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 487-505
Kant and Modern Political Philosophy
The Limits of Liberal Cosmopolitanism
Kant's Indemonstrable Postulate of Right
The indispensability of the ‘postulate of practical reason with regard to Right’ to Kant's property argument in the Rechtslehre is now widely recognized. However, most commentators continue to focus their attention on the relation between the postulate and the deduction of the concept of intelligible possession. The nature of this relation remains a matter of dispute in part because the precise position of the postulate within chapter one of the …
Reason, Right, and Revolution
Kant’s Non-Individualist Cosmopolitanism
Hope as Prudence
Kant's Sovereignty Dilemma
Justice without virtue
This chapter suggests two sorts of objections that mere outward conformity of a person's action with general principles of justice is all that can be required by justice even if not by ethics. It engages with both these objections, though pays more attention to the first and flags the second objection. The chapter sets out the systematic objection to the possible inclusion of Kant's philosophy of Right in his moral philosophy. It also argues that…
Personal autonomy and public authority
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Elusive Unity
According to one interpretation of Leviathan, Hobbes sinks the democratic argument in favour of government by representation into his own argument in favour of absolute rule. This paper argues that Kant in turn sinks Hobbes’ argument for coercive political authority into Rousseau’s construction of the volonté générale . Why does Kant reject Rousseau’s argument in favour of popular sovereignty; why does he revert to Hobbes’ endorsement of a coerci…
The Idea of Philosophical Fieldwork
This article is about the idea of philosophical fieldwork as a possible corrective to our current state of ignorance regarding the thoughts and views of distant others in the context of global normative theorising. By ‘philosophical fieldwork’ I mean a type of conceptual discovery — philosophical as non-empirical fieldwork. By ‘distant others’ I do not mean the ‘global poor’ but our academic peers who work within moral and political contexts dist…
Kant and Colonialism
This book examines Kant’s controversial position on colonialism in the context of his wider cosmopolitan commitments. The book explores Kant’s maturing opposition to European conquest and colonization, and the implication of that opposition to his moral and political thinking more generally. The book offers no single overall position on the subject matter but draws instead on the distinctive disciplinary expertise of individual contributors. The …
Kant and colonialism
This text offers an exploration of Kant's position on colonialism. Bringing together a team of leading scholars in both the history of political thought and normative theory, the chapters in the volume seek to place Kant's thoughts on colonialism in historical context, examine the tensions that the assessment of colonialism produces in Kant's work, and evaluate the relevance of these reflections for current debates on global justice andthe relati…
What is Orientation in Global Thinking?
Starting from Kant's striking question 'What is orientation in thinking?', this book argues that the main challenge facing global normative theorising lies in its failure to acknowledge its conceptual inadequacies. We do not know how to reason globally; instead, we tend to apply our domestic political experiences to the global context. Katrin Flikschuh argues that we must develop a form of global reasoning that is sensitive to the variability of …
Freedom and Constraint in Kant’s Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Kant’s political thinking is predominantly evaluated in contractarian terms, though recent contributions have also emphasized the natural law influence on him. This paper argues that the assimilation of Kant into either tradition is problematic. An analysis of his account of political obligation cannot ignore the distinctiveness of Kant’s general philosophical framework. Two recurrent Kantian themes are crucial to a reconstruction of his politica…
Can I Choose to Be Who I Am Not
This article engages Abraham Olivier’s recent distinction between ‘being’ and ‘choosing to be’ within his phenomenological approach to subjectivity in general and to African, communal subjectivity in particular. I recapitulate and problematize aspects of Olivier’s reverse phenomenological analysis, briefly contrasting it with more orthodox African approaches to the ontology of the self. I then hone in on the distinction between being who I am and…
Innate right in Kant—A critical reading
A now influential reading of Kant's statement of innate right in the Doctrine of Right interprets it as affirming a basic right of each to freedom of choice and action. This reading treats the innate right as foundational to Kant's entire philosophy of right—all other rights are said to be derived from the innate right. I call this the ‘free choice’ reading of innate right; while it enjoys considerable intuitive appeal, it is contestable on textu…
W. E. B. Du Bois and transnational cosmopolitanism
Book Roundtable
Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe. 2022. Menkiti's Moral Man. London: Lexington Books
Ancestral Existence and the Mind’s Afterlife
This article examines Oyowe’s highly distinctive socio-ontological account of ancestral existence. According to Oyowe, ancestors are intentional objects. Ancestors thus constitute a social kind and are ontologically distinct from natural kinds. The article critiques and rejects Oyowe’s distinction between social and natural kinds. The article then goes on to outline a possible alternative approach that draws on quasi-materialist and pan-psychic m…
Africa and the Possibility of Philosophy
In this brief memoriam, I argue that Hountondji's methodological concern over the possibility of African philosophy led him to query the very idea of philosophy as the search for universal knowledge. Hountondji's lasting legacy thus consists, among other things, in challenging the image of Western philosophy as the repository of universal knowledge. To the contrary, philosophy will come into its own only through the critical construction of cultu…
How Not to Ground an African Moral Theory
This paper contests Thaddeus Metz’s rejection of ontological or metaphysical grounding in moral theorizing. Despite Metz’s contention that no moral conclusions can be derived from ontological premises, Metz himself engages in moral metaphysics when he derives persons’ moral status from value-conferring properties. Metz thereby violates the hard fact/value distinction he seemingly endorses at the outset of his inquiry. This raises the question whe…
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