Kant's cosmopolitan theory of law and peace.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: May 1, 2006 | Copyright information

0521826764

Kant's cosmopolitan theory of law and peace.

Hoffe, Otfried.

Cambridge U. Pr.

2006

253 pages

$70.00

Hardcover

Modern European philosophy

K457

Hoffe (philosophy, Eberhard-Karls-U., Tubingen) explores compatriot colleague Immanuel Kant's (1724-1804) ideas abo...

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