Late Kant

Peter Fenves becomes one of the first to explore and develop the 'geo-ethics' of Kant's thought, and the idea that human beings must be prepared to concede their space for another kind of human. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the

Peter Fenves is Professor of German, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of A Peculiar Fate: Kant and World History (1991), "Chatter": Language and History in Kierkegaard (1993), Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin (2001), and the editor of Raising the Tone of Philosophy: Late Essays by Kant, Transformative Critique by Derrida (1993).

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Pleasures of Failure; Chapter 2 The Sovereign Sentence; Chapter 3 The Other Sovereign Sentence; Chapter 4 Out of the Blue; Chapter 5 Under The Sign of Failure; Chapter 6 In The Name of Friendship; or the Case for Inconsistency; Chapter 7 Revolution in The Air; or the End of the Human Regime on Earth; Chapter 8 Conclusion;