Kant and the Two Principles of Publicity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4901645
AutoresJüri Lipping (Independent Scholar, Tähe 74–8, Tartu 50107, Estonia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas115-133
Fecha de publicación2020-02-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe European Legacy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10848770.2019.1682838
OpenAlexW2988849647
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias 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