{"product_id":"the-kantian-imperative-paul-saurette-9780802038821","title":"The Kantian Imperative: Humiliation, Common Sense, Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant's moral philosophy is almost universally understood as the attempt to analyse and defend a morality based on individual autonomy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Kantian Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Saurette challenges this interpretation by arguing that Kant's 'imperative' is actually based on a problematic appeal to 'common sense' and that it is premised on, and seeks to further cultivate and intensify, the feeling of humiliation in every moral subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscerning the influence of this model on a wide variety of historical and contemporary political thought and philosophy and critical of its implications, Saurette explores its impact on the work of two seminal and contemporary thinkers in particular: Charles Taylor and Jürgen Habermas. Saurette also shows that an analysis of the Kantian imperative allows a better understanding of current political problems such as the U.S. torture scandal at Abu Ghraib in Iraq and broader post-9\/11 U.S. foreign policy. \u003ci\u003eThe Kantian Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e thus demonstrates that philosophy and political theory are as relevant to contemporary events as at any other time in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Saurette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802038824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802038821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Paul Saurette","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065132888319,"sku":"9780802038821","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b13b137c-efde-492b-bff3-3053f0881b2c.jpg?v=1768673209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kantian-imperative-paul-saurette-9780802038821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}