This is the first book to offer both a systematic reading of Kant and to contextualise his work in the light of the continental tradition. It will be central to political philosophers, students of international relations and feminist theory.

Kimberly Hutchings is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh.

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 PHILOSOPHY AS CRITIQUE; Chapter 2 KANT's CRITICAL POLITICS; Chapter 3 HABERMAS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICAL THEORY; Chapter 4 ARENDT AND THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF JUDGEMENT; Chapter 5 FOUCAULT's CRITICAL ATTITUDE; Chapter 6 LYOTARD: PHRASING THE POLITICAL; Chapter 7 THE CRITIQUE OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; Chapter 8 FEMINIST CRITICAL THEORY CONCLUSION NOTES Bibliography Index;