Introducing Kant

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Introducing Kant

Immanuel Kant, pre-eminent philosopher of the Enlightenment, laid the foundations of modern Western thought. Every subsequent major philosopher owes a profound debt to Kant for his attempts to delimit human reason as an appropriate object of philosophical inquiry. And yet, Kant’s relentless systematic formalism made him a controversial figure in the history of the philosophy that he helped to shape.

Introducing Kant focuses on the three critiques of Pure Reason, Practical Reason and Judgement. It describes Kant’s principal formal concepts: the relation of mind to sensory experience, the question of freedom and the law and, above all, the revaluation of metaphysics. Kant emerges as a diehard rationalist, yet also a Romantic, deeply committed to the power of the sublime to transform experience.

Christopher Kul-Want’s lucid text and Andrzej Klimowski’s brilliant illustrations explain the reasons for Kant’s undiminished importance in contemporary philosophical debates.

By Christopher Kul-Want and Andrzej Klimowski

Introducing is a series of graphic guides to some of the biggest thinkers and subjects from the history of ideas.

Each Introducing book is a carefully constructed mixture of concise, authoritative text and illustrations which are often witty and always intelligent - and which help get the point across. After all, as Alice says in Lewis Carroll’s classic book: “What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?”

The series’ authors are mainly university lecturers in the particular field and the writing is - we ensure - always crystal clear and avoids jargon. You’ll learn all you need to know to get started in the subject that the book covers but you’ll learn a great deal more too. You’ll find yourself inspired, making connections between different areas you’ve never thought of before.

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The series covers a huge range of topics. Some titles - Philosophy and Psychology, for example - are more general. Some, on individual thinkers or particular areas - Plato, Freud, or Ethics, for example - are more specific. You’ll find that Introducing books offer something that similar introductory texts simply can’t. They make learning an enjoyable, interactive experience.

Vital stats: Each book: 210 x 140mm paperback, 176 pages with black and white illustrations throughout, UK £9.99, Can $17.00, USA $12.95

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