Immanuel Kant, “Towards Perpetual Peace”: reception and currentness

This essay is aimed to discuss the reception of Immanuel Kant’s work Towards Perpetual Peace, particularly among German scholars during the period of its release and immediately after, as well as to raise the question regarding the current importance of such work. It is compared, in a first step, wi...

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Author: Trevisan, Leonardo Simchen
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Kant e-prints (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8678828
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/kant/article/view/8678828
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Immanuel Kant
Towards Perpetual Peace
Reception
Right to Peace
À Paz Perpétua
Recepção
Direito à paz
Sobre la Paz Perpetua
Recepción
Derecho a la Paz
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Summary:This essay is aimed to discuss the reception of Immanuel Kant’s work Towards Perpetual Peace, particularly among German scholars during the period of its release and immediately after, as well as to raise the question regarding the current importance of such work. It is compared, in a first step, with the chapters on International Law in the Metaphysics of Morals, and, in a second step, with the comments of authors such as Joseph Görres, Friedrich Gentz and Georg W. F. Hegel. The paper ends with some observations about the currentness of Kant’s work, particularly regarding the recognition of the human right to peace.