CFP: Kantian Journal. Special Issue "The Concept of Antagonism in Kant’s Philosophy"

Immanuel Kant is rarely regarded as a philosopher of antagonism. His pursuit of universal foundations for human thought, action, and community, alongside similar endeavors by his influential followers, particularly in recent decades, secured his reputation as a philosopher of concord and 'perpetual peace.' The relative stability of that decades might seem the perpetual result of the historical progress of reason, reinforcing the dominant image of Kant. This interpretation, however, has paid significantly less attention to the themes of 'unsociable sociability,' attraction and repulsion, logical contradiction and real opposition, pleasure and displeasure — elements that define the antagonistic dimension of Kant’s thought and complicate — and, arguably, make more plausible — his universalist vision.
The aim of this thematic issue, "The Concept of Antagonism in Kant’s Philosophy," is to reconsider this neglected aspect of Kantian philosophy to clarify the nature of antagonism and the means of its resolution in the modern world.

Guest Editor - Prof. Dr Vadim Chaly