The last frontier: : the importance of Kant's Geography

• Autores: Robert B. Louden
• Localización: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, ISSN-e 1472-3433, Vol. 32, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 450-465
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The first full English translation of Friedrich Theodor Rink�s edition of Kant�s Physical Geography was finally published in 2012, and several significant transcriptions of Kant�s classroom lectures on physical geography are still forthcoming in volume 26 of the German Academy edition of his Collected Writings. Why has Kant�s work on geography suffered from so much neglect? Contrary to received scholarly wisdom, I argue that the main cause of the neglect is not Rink�s editorial sloppiness. Rather, Kant�s Geography is simply not viewed as being as important as his ethics, logic, metaphysics, theology, and anthropology. In my paper I argue that Kant�s Geography deserves our respect, and I present four key reasons for taking it seriously.