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- Title
Debating Kant’s Constitutionalism: Law, Media, and the New Right.
- Authors
Heidepriem, Samuel
- Abstract
This essay argues that Kant’s constitutional thought provides a justification for written constitutions and written law generally. The question of written law in turn offers clarity on signature aspects of Kant’s political philosophy, from universalism to the program of perpetual peace. Critiques of Kant from various points on the political spectrum must ultimately engage his theory of writing and its relation to Enlightenment and political right. In addition, contemporary rightwing movements can be characterized in contradistinction to Kant’s constitutional principles. This includes these movements’ rejection of internationalism, pacifism, and the media conventions of Enlightenment print culture. Kant’s combination of written law and rational constitutionalism thus provides both a contrastive diagnosis and systematic alternative to the ideology of the new right.
- Subjects
KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804; CONSTITUTIONALISM; POLITICAL philosophy; PRINT culture; PACIFISM; ENLIGHTENMENT; INTERNATIONALISM
- Publication
Colloquia Germanica, 2022, Vol 54, Issue 3/4, p483
- ISSN
0010-1338
- Publication type
Article