Kant and the Modernity of the Absent Public
In his famous passages in Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant, the so-called father of modern liberalism, outlines the three maxims of how a society moves toward Enlightenment: one, think for oneself; two, think in the mindset of others; and three, think consistently. The longer one considers the...
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| author | Jarzombek, Mark |
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| description | In his famous passages in Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant, the so-called father
of modern liberalism, outlines the three maxims of how a society moves toward
Enlightenment: one, think for oneself; two, think in the mindset of others; and three,
think consistently. The longer one considers these propositions, the stranger they
sound. For example, if we take maxim two seriously, we could become so busy
connecting with others—and, of course, they with us—that there is little room for
that special someone, who presumably would get most of our empathetic energy.
Friends, lovers, spouses and even relatives have no particular place in Kant’s world.
Hegel stated it perhaps all too bluntly; marriage for Kant “is degraded to a bargain
for mutual use.” |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1220372022-09-28T11:47:08Z Kant and the Modernity of the Absent Public Jarzombek, Mark Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy In his famous passages in Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant, the so-called father of modern liberalism, outlines the three maxims of how a society moves toward Enlightenment: one, think for oneself; two, think in the mindset of others; and three, think consistently. The longer one considers these propositions, the stranger they sound. For example, if we take maxim two seriously, we could become so busy connecting with others—and, of course, they with us—that there is little room for that special someone, who presumably would get most of our empathetic energy. Friends, lovers, spouses and even relatives have no particular place in Kant’s world. Hegel stated it perhaps all too bluntly; marriage for Kant “is degraded to a bargain for mutual use.” 2019-09-04T17:43:55Z 2019-09-04T17:43:55Z 2013-01 2019-08-07T12:01:03Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1091-711X 2572-7338 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122037 Jarzombek, Mark. "Kant and the Modernity of the Absent Public." Thresholds 41, Spring 2013 (January 2013): 74-81 © The Author en http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00095 Thresholds Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Press - Journals MIT Press |
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