G. Lahat 
The Political Implications of Kant’s Theory of Knowledge 
Rethinking Progress

Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant’s theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant’s philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century.

Table of Content

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction – On the Concept of Progress PART I: WHAT CAN WE KNOW? 1. Kant’s Theory of Knowledge 2. A Proposal for Three Boundaries of Cognition 3. The Regulative Idea PART II: WHAT OUGHT WE DO? 4. The Primacy of Practical Reason 5. Setting the Moral Principle as Categorical Imperative 6. The Essence of the Categorical Imperative PART III: WHAT CAN WE HOPE FOR? 7. The Political According to Kant 8. Regulative Politics Conclusion: On the Possibility of Regulative Progress Author’s Notes Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Golan Moshe Lahat is a lecturer in the Political Science Department at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.