Kant on the Frontier: Philosophy, Politics, and the Ends of the Earth

by Geoffrey Bennington

Book Overview

Frontier: the border between two countries; the limits of civilization; the bounds of established knowledge; a new field of activity. At a time when all borders, boundaries, margins, and limits are being--often violently--challenged, erased, or reinforced, we must rethink the concept of frontier itself. But is there even such a concept? Through an original and imaginative reading of Kant, Geoffrey Bennington casts doubt upon the conceptual coherence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823275981
• ISBN13: 9780823275984
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"