Nietzsche and Kantian Politics

This conference is part of a series examining Nietzsche’s relation to Kant and Kantianism, each focussing on specific areas and texts of Kant’s philosophy. After conferences on ethics in Leiden, aesthetics in London, epistemology in Lisbon, and religion in Belo Horizonte, the Rome
conference will focus on politics. The subsequent conference will return to the theme of religion, and be held in Galway in Spring 2014.

Frederick Neuhouser (Barnard-Columbia)
David Owen (Southampton)
Maria Branco (Lisbon)
Tamsin Shaw (New York)
João Constâncio (Lisbon)
Martine Prange (Leiden)

Taking ‘Kantian politics’ to include modern and contemporary Kantian theories as well as Kant’s own theories in his Doctrine of Right and Perpetual Peace, this conference will concern Nietzsche’s engagement with such Kantian themes as autonomy and rights, equality and democracy, morality and politics, war and cosmopolitanism, history and anthropology. The format of the conferences involves the pre-circulation of papers among participants and extended sessions, so as to allow much time for discussion.

The conference is organized by Tom Bailey ([email protected]) and funded by John Cabot University.