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Firstpublishedin1970,thismuch-acclaimedcollectionofthepoliticalwritingsofImmanuelKanthasnowbeenrevisedandexpandedforpublicationinCambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought.Threeimportanttextsaretranslatedherforthefrsttime,andProfessorReisshasadded,inadditiontoanextendedbibliography,asubstantialpostscript,lookingatrecentdevelopmentsinKantianscholarshipandthechangesthatthesehavewroughtinourunderstandingfKantspoliticalthought.Inhisgeneralintroduction,ProfessorReissoutlinesthecentraltenetsofKantspoliticalphilosphy,relatingthetextstranslatedtothebroaderintellectualcontextoftheEuropeanenlightemmentandKantsownworkonmoralphilosophyandthephilosophyofhistory,Kantsaimwastoestablishthebasedandtoprovideaphilosphicalvindicationofrepresentative,constitutionalgovernmentthatwouldguaranteerespectforthepoliticalrightsofallindividuals.