Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge
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Gianluca Sadun Bordoni
Gianluca Sadun Bordoni is Full Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Teramo (Italy) where he directs the Centre for European and Mediterranean Studies. His research focuses on Kantian thought and the anthropological-political problem of war. His publications includeLa crisi politica della modernità (Laterza, 2002),Diritto e politica. Studi sull’epoca post-globale (Giappichelli, 2011),Guerra e natura umana. Le radici del disordine mondiale (Il Mulino, 2025). He also edited, together with Norbert Hinske, the critical edition of Kant’s lectures on natural law,Naturrecht Feyerabend (Frommann-Holzboog, 2024).
Abstract
Kant is much closer to Hobbes than is commonly admitted. Contemporary evolutionary anthropology offers crucial developments, but also confirmations, of their perspectives. The Kantian project of ‘perpetual peace’ has a millenarian character, and the contemporary attempt to politically actualise it is doomed to failure. Today, the ‘realist’ aspects of Kant’s thought, on the contrary, appear extremely topical.
Abstract
Kant is much closer to Hobbes than is commonly admitted. Contemporary evolutionary anthropology offers crucial developments, but also confirmations, of their perspectives. The Kantian project of ‘perpetual peace’ has a millenarian character, and the contemporary attempt to politically actualise it is doomed to failure. Today, the ‘realist’ aspects of Kant’s thought, on the contrary, appear extremely topical.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction 1
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Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
- Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
- Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
- Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
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Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
- The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
- Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
- No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
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Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
- The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
- Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
- Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
- Notes on Contributors 203
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
- Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
- Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
- Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
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Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
- The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
- Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
- No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
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Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
- The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
- Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
- Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
- Notes on Contributors 203
- Author Index
- Subject Index
