Kant and the Two Principles of Publicity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4901645
AutoresJüri Lipping (Independent Scholar, Tähe 74–8, Tartu 50107, Estonia, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume25
Fascículo2
Páginas115-133
Data de publicação2020-02-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe European Legacy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10848770.2019.1682838
OpenAlexW2988849647
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

The aim of this article is to argue that the principle of “publicity” constitutes a fundamental idea in Kant’s political thought. Publicity provides a central insight that binds together various strands of Kant’s political writings (on issues as diverse as the question of Enlightenment, the right of revolution, historical teleology, reflective judgment, cosmopolitan citizenship, democratic peace, and republican government), and moreover, it offers a much-needed cornerstone for a systematic exposition of his nonexistent political philosophy. Apart from some eminent examples, publicity has been a rather neglected topic in the ever-expanding literature on Kant’s political ideas. Revisiting this notion will make us more attentive to his evocation of the “spirit of republicanism” over and above the letter of the law, and might prompt us to reconsider Kant’s reputation as a classical representative of liberal political thought. Indeed, it should inspire us to situate Kant’s appeal for the “public use of reason” in the vicinity of the republican ideal of political liberty

Appeal · Citizenship · Classical liberalism · Cornerstone · Democracy · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Liberalism · Literature · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Publicity · Sociology · Teleology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought