Global Limits

Mark F. N. Franke is Instructor of International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Kant in International Relations Politics of Theory Confronts the World Interests, Arguments, and Chapters Chapter One: The Rendering of Kant in International Relations Theory Readings of Perpetual PeaceRequirements of a 'Kantian' ParadoxMasking International Relations in Perpetual PeaceThe Need for Philosophical Reflection Chapter Two: Kant and the (Im)Possibility of International Relations Theory Kant's Refusal of Traditional DebatesKant's Challenge to Conventional AttitudesConditions for the Possibility of Theorizing International RelationsEnlightenment and the Impossibility of International Relations Theory Chapter Three: Critique of World Politics Judgment and the WorldKant's GeopoliticsBeauty and the Beast: Extending Leviathan to the WorldBeginnings of a Critical Approach Toward World Politics Chapter Four: From World Politics to Politics (in 'the World') Enlightenment as a Limit AttitudeA Limit Attitude for the Study of World PoliticsImperatives of ResponsibilityDoubting World Politics Conclusion: Global Limits Notes Bibliography SUNY series in Global Politics Index

"Any scholar of international politics interested in Kant will want to reflect on what Franke has to say." — American Political Science Review"A very unique and provocative book that has much to offer both International Relations and Kantian scholars. Franke's use of Kantian primary sources is extensive and appropriate." — Sharon Anderson-Gold, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute