Kant and the Fate of Autonomy: Problems in the Appropriation of the Critical Philosophy (Modern European Philosophy) - Softcover

Ameriks, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521786142 ISBN 13: 9780521786140

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

It has been argued that Kant's all-consuming efforts to place autonomy at the center of philosophy has had, in the long-run, the unintended effect of leading to the widespread discrediting of philosophy and of undermining the notion of autonomy itself. The result of this "Copernican revolution" has seemed to many commentators the de-centering, if not the self-destruction, of the autonomous self. Ameriks challenges the presumptions that dominate popular approaches to the concept of freedom, and to the interpretation of the relation among the Enlightenment, Kant and post-Kantian thought.

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Review

"...[a] marvelous and provocative book..." Inquiry

"What a pleasure to encounter a book on Kant and the Post-Kantians written with passion as well as erudition." Inquiry

Amerik's book is rich, rewarding, and detailed. He combines a mastery of the German and English material...with a fine historical sensibility, a gift for clear writing, and a sharp analytical mind. He also displays a scrupulous intellectual honesty, claiming clear advantages for the 'modest' approach to Kant while noting and discussing the shortcomings of that approach." Ethics

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521786142
• ISBN 13: 9780521786140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366