Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders
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Angela Taraborrelli
Angela Taraborrelli is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Cagliari (Italy). Her research has focused on the political thought of Kant and Arendt and on cosmopolitanism. More recently, she has begun to focus on democracy and migration, with particular attention to the civic integration of migrants, from a cosmopolitan perspective. Her publications includeDal cittadino del mondo al mondo dei cittadini. Saggio su Kant (Asterios, 2004),Contemporary Cosmopolitanism (Bloomsbury, 2015) andHannah Arendt and Cosmopolitanism: State, Community, Worlds in Common (Bloomsbury, 2024). Her monographKant on Migration (Elements, Cambridge University Press) is forthcoming. She founded and co-directs the series of cosmopolitan studiesL’albero delle direzioni (Castelvecchi).
Abstract
In this article, I offer an outline of my on-going attempt to reconstruct a possible Kantian theory of migration both in the treatise Zum ewigen Frieden (1795) and in the Rechtslehre (1797). Such an attempt has already been made (with important results) by Pauline Kleingeld (2012, 72–91), Seyla Benhabib (2012), and Karoline Reinhardt (2019). There are several points of convergence between these authors and me. However, what distinguishes my work from theirs is my emphasis on the compatibility between republican states and cosmopolitanism in Kant. This compatibility is reflected both in the non-reducibility of his theory of migration to the open/closed borders dichotomy and in his still under-recognized openness regarding the question of integration and acquisition of citizenship by migrants and foreigners.
Abstract
In this article, I offer an outline of my on-going attempt to reconstruct a possible Kantian theory of migration both in the treatise Zum ewigen Frieden (1795) and in the Rechtslehre (1797). Such an attempt has already been made (with important results) by Pauline Kleingeld (2012, 72–91), Seyla Benhabib (2012), and Karoline Reinhardt (2019). There are several points of convergence between these authors and me. However, what distinguishes my work from theirs is my emphasis on the compatibility between republican states and cosmopolitanism in Kant. This compatibility is reflected both in the non-reducibility of his theory of migration to the open/closed borders dichotomy and in his still under-recognized openness regarding the question of integration and acquisition of citizenship by migrants and foreigners.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
- Author Index
- Subject Index
