title: Kant: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
author: Immanuel Kant
description: "For new students of Kant's political philosophy, Reiss's new edition is very helpful in offering an accessible but thorough editorial introduction to Kant's political thought; a fairly comprehensive selection of Kant's political work; and an up-to-date, detailed bibliography." Canadian Philosophical Reviews
zlib_text: Kant's Politi 
  Phi 
  HOWARD WILLIAMS 
  
  Kant's 
  Political Philosophy 
  HOW ARD WILLIAMS 
  Basil Blackwell . Oxford 
  
  © Howard L. Williams 1983 
  First published 1983 
  Basic Blackwell Publisher Limited 
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  British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data 
  Williams, Howard 
  Kant's political philosophy. 
  1. Kant, Immanuel ~ Political science 
  1. Title 
  321'.01 
  JCI81.K4 
  ISBN O~631 ~ 13123-·X 
  Typesetting by Cambrian Typesetters, Farnborough, Hants 
  Printed in Great Britain by T.J. Press Ltd, Padstow 
  
  Contents 
  Preface 
  VI 
  Acknowledgements 
  Xl 
  Note on References and Abbreviations 
  XlI 
  1 
  Man and History 
  1 
  Optimism 
  1 
  History and Teleology 
  4 
  Man's Unsociable Sociability 
  7 
  Authority and Society