A SOCIO-POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF IMMANUEL KANT’S PERPETUAL PEACE AND THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY

  • MAHIR A.AZIZ College of Arts, University of Salahadin, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
Keywords: perpetual peace, international relations, states, governments. federation.

Abstract

This theoretical study is devoted to shed light on one of the greatest and the last philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment in Germany during the eighteenth century, namely Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). It does not deal with his life or his major contribution to philosophy, but it elaborates and discusses his major contribution in the field of Politics, Sociology and International relations by focusing on his very well-known pamphlet published in 1795, “Toward Perpetual Peace”. It should be emphasised that this study has been done according to a historical and an explanatory approach which applied in both fields of Political Sociology and International Relations. Therefore, the study offers a socio-political interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s views on peace in descriptive way of analysis. The aim of this study is to problematize the main points in which Kant focused in his philosophical sketch “Toward Perpetual Peace”, and then analyse his view on International Society. In doing so, the study is divided into nine sections. Section one is devoted for the introduction. Section two problematizes the anarchical international system. The third section analyses perpetual peace. Section four present and explore the preliminary articles in perpetual peace. While section five present and explore the definitive articles in perpetual peace. The sixth section deals with Kant’s conception of the individuals, republican governments and the states. Section seven discusses the abolishing of the standing armies. Section eight explores Kant’s view on the pacific federation. The last section is devoted for the conclusion of the study.

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Published
2020-08-13
How to Cite
A.AZIZ, M. (2020). A SOCIO-POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF IMMANUEL KANT’S PERPETUAL PEACE AND THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY. Journal of Duhok University, 23(1), 40-44. https://doi.org/10.26682/hjuod.2020.23.1.5