Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature, and Religion

by Sorin Baiasu (Editor), Alberto Vanzo (Editor)

Immanuel Kant’s work continues to be a main focus of attention in almost all areas of philosophy. The significance of Kant’s work for the so-called continental philosophy cannot be exaggerated, although work in this area is relatively scant. The book includes eight chapters, a substantial introduction and a postscript, all newly written by an international cast of well-known authors. Each chapter focuses on particular aspects of a fundamental problem in Kant’s and post-Kantian philosophy, the problem of the relation between the world and transcendence. Chapters fall thematically into three sensibility, nature and religion. Each part starts with a more interpretative chapter focusing on Kant’s relevant work, and continues with comparative chapters which stage dialogues between Kant and post-Kantian philosophers, including Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Jean-François Lyotard, Luce Irigaray and Jacques Derrida. A special feature of this volume is the engagement of each chapter with the work of the late British philosopher Gary Banham. The Postscript offers a subtle and erudite analysis of his intellectual trajectory, philosophy and mode of working. The volume is dedicated to his memory.

246 pages, Hardcover

Published February 13, 2020

Reviews

[Andres]

I started reading this because I wanted to understand the Continental reception of Kant better. I was profoundly underwhelmed and ended up skimming most of it. There isn't much cohesion to the essays collected here except that they, to varying extents, discuss Kant and are written by apparently continental philosophers. Some of the essays had exegetical insights, but I don't think I have a better understanding of Kant's significance to Continental philosophy than when I began. Some minor exceptions, but I am unlikely to return to this book any time soon.