Author: Tully, James

Source: Economy and Society, Volume 32, Number 3, August 2003 , pp. 485-505(21)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

In Rival Enlightenments Ian Hunter argues convincingly that there was not one comprehensive German Enlightenment, represented by Kant, but two irreducible and rival enlightenments: the metaphysical Enlightenment of Leibniz and Kant and the non-transcendental, civil Enlightenment of Pufendorf and Thomasius. Hunter's study frees us from a dominant way of taking up the question, 'What is Enlightenment?', and enables us to see that there is a plurality of possible answers.

Keywords: German Enlightenment; Enlightenment; Modernity; State; Sovereignty; Popular Sovereignty; Liberty; Natural Law; Law; Early Modern Political Philosophy; Kant; Leibniz; Pufendorf; Thomasius

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085140303133

Affiliations: 1: University of Toronto

Publication date: 2003-08-01

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