Firstpublishedin1970,thismuch-acclaimedcollectionofthepoliticalwritingsofImmanuelKanthasnowbeenrevisedandexpandedforpublicationinCambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought.Threeimportanttextsaretranslatedherforthefrsttime,andProfessorReisshasadded,inadditiontoanextendedbibliography,asubstantialpostscript,lookingatrecentdevelopmentsinKantianscholarshipandthechangesthatthesehavewroughtinourunderstandingfKantspoliticalthought.
Inhisgeneralintroduction,ProfessorReissoutlinesthecentraltenetsofKantspoliticalphilosphy,relatingthetextstranslatedtothebroaderintellectualcontextoftheEuropeanenlightemmentandKantsownworkonmoralphilosophyandthephilosophyofhistory,Kantsaimwastoestablishthebasedandtoprovideaphilosphicalvindicationofrepresentative,constitutionalgovernmentthatwouldguaranteerespectforthepoliticalrightsofallindividuals.