Introduction Part 1: Kant’s Enlightenment 1. The Official Story 2. A Different Side of Kant Part 2: Kant’s Critics 3. From Hamann to Burke 4. Hegel Part 3: Maximalist theories of Enlightenment 5. From Strauss to Marx Part 4: Twentieth century critics of Enlightenment 6. Forerunners 7. Horkheimer/Adorno; Foucault 8. Difference Critics Part 5: Minimalist theories of Enlightenment 9. Foucault, Habermas, Rawls Part 6: Kantian Enlightenment Today 10. Assessing Foucault, Habermas, and Rawls 11. In Defense of Kantian Enlightenment. Index
Samuel Fleischacker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA.
"First-rate scholarship and fascinating reading. Fleischacker’s
account of both Kant’s conception of enlightenment and its complex
and variegated legacy should be mandatory reading for philosophers
and historians interested in enlightenment ideals or their
critique." - Marcia Baron, Indiana University, USA, and University
of St. Andrews, UK"There is no shortage of critics for whom the
Enlightenment condemns itself by its hubris, its cultural
arrogance, and its imperialist tendencies. But does the appeal to
the ideal of becoming enlightened involve dictating what will be
believed by those who achieve this ideal? Or is it merely a matter
of how those who are enlightened hold the beliefs they do (thereby
preserving humility and securing greater allowance for pluralism)?
Samuel Fleischacker, in an argument that distinguishes itself in
equal measure by its learning and its lucidity, shows that Kant was
torn between these two conceptions, and so were his philosophical
successors. What results is a terrifically enhanced appreciation of
the complexity and richness of the Kantian legacy." - Ronald
Beiner, University of Toronto, Canada"A rich introduction to
post-Kantian philosophy. It would be an excellent selection for
courses in the history of ideas, as well as for courses
specifically focused on Kant and his critics." - Lara Denis, Agnes
Scott College, USA"Fleischacker brings out not only the
contemporary value of Kant's work but also some of its limits and
ambiguities, especially with respect to a distinction between
"minimal" and "maximal" conceptions of Enlightenment, political
liberalism, and freedom of expression. This is a volume that should
be of interest to a very wide range of scholars, and of use to
readers at all levels." - Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame,
USA"Crystal-clear yet cutting-edge, this new analysis is
particularly strong on the subtleties of Kant's concept of
Enlightenment, proceeding to shed fresh light on Foucault, Habermas
and Rawls. This book accomplishes a double feat: helping students
to orient their reading of Kant, while challenging teachers and
scholars to reorient theirs." - Fania Oz-Salzberger, University of
Haifa, Israel
‘The book has much to recommend it. It ranges widely and discusses
a variety of thinkers, both familiar and somewhat less familiar. It
is attentive to discussions of the concept of enlightenment that
Kant provided in texts other than the now-familiar essay from 1784
(e.g., his 1786 contribution to the Pantheism Dispute "What is
Orientation in Thinking?") and examines the implications of
Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason.’ - Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews"First-rate scholarship and fascinating
reading. Fleischacker’s account of both Kant’s conception of
enlightenment and its complex and variegated legacy should be
mandatory reading for philosophers and historians interested in
enlightenment ideals or their critique." - Marcia Baron, Indiana
University, USA, and University of St. Andrews, UK"There is no
shortage of critics for whom the Enlightenment condemns itself by
its hubris, its cultural arrogance, and its imperialist tendencies.
But does the appeal to the ideal of becoming enlightened involve
dictating what will be believed by those who achieve this ideal? Or
is it merely a matter of how those who are enlightened hold the
beliefs they do (thereby preserving humility and securing greater
allowance for pluralism)? Samuel Fleischacker, in an argument that
distinguishes itself in equal measure by its learning and its
lucidity, shows that Kant was torn between these two conceptions,
and so were his philosophical successors. What results is a
terrifically enhanced appreciation of the complexity and richness
of the Kantian legacy." - Ronald Beiner, University of Toronto,
Canada"A rich introduction to post-Kantian philosophy. It would be
an excellent selection for courses in the history of ideas, as well
as for courses specifically focused on Kant and his critics." -
Lara Denis, Agnes Scott College, USA"Fleischacker brings out not
only the contemporary value of Kant's work but also some of its
limits and ambiguities, especially with respect to a distinction
between "minimal" and "maximal" conceptions of Enlightenment,
political liberalism, and freedom of expression. This is a volume
that should be of interest to a very wide range of scholars, and of
use to readers at all levels." - Karl Ameriks, University of Notre
Dame, USA"Crystal-clear yet cutting-edge, this new analysis is
particularly strong on the subtleties of Kant's concept of
Enlightenment, proceeding to shed fresh light on Foucault, Habermas
and Rawls. This book accomplishes a double feat: helping students
to orient their reading of Kant, while challenging teachers and
scholars to reorient theirs." - Fania Oz-Salzberger, University of
Haifa, Israel'... a considered and timely discussion of matters of
current interest that addresses not just students of political and
social philosophy, but a broad audience, which it fully deserves to
reach.' - Katerina Deligiorgi, History of Political Thought
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