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Constituting Critique: Kant’s Writing as Critical Praxis (Post-Contemporary Interventions)

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write reviews on Amazon. Usually the reviews posted for a book I am reading sufficiently convey what I already think. This situation is different because the previous review addresses the vocabulary but not the book.

The book is an incredibly stimulating read for anyone that digs Kant. As opposed to most books that deal with Kant at a purely philosophical level, this book deals with the literary quality of Kant. And as Schopenhauer said, the Critique is the greatest piece of German Literature.

This book is predominately addressing the metaphysical writings of Kant, and more than half deals with much neglected Pre-Critical writings. Still, Goetschel addresses Kant much better than anyone else I have ever read, and, as opposed to much writings on Kant, takes him as ultimately a practical philosopher.

'Constituting Critique: Kant's Writing As Critical Praxis (Post-Contemporary Interventions)' was translated from its original German in 1994. I can only hope that the publisher will eventually get around to translating the title into English as well.