The Geopolitics of Colonial Space: Kant and Mapmaking

The geopolitical Kant of the colonial era occupies a certain position in contemporary literary theory, especially post colonial theory. On the other hand, the Enlightenment Project is seen as a universal force (with absolute universality of Western form). For example, he states as follows. "Cultural experience or any cultural form is a basic and typical mixture.If Imannon Kande has isolated the cultural and aesthetic fields from the secular world, Western practice is now the time to recombine them I came ("Associating Empire with Secular Interpretation", CA 58).

(1) The first question concerns the positioning of Kant's transition to colonialism. Most readers may take Kant's critical comment on colonial practices in his view "Metaphysics of Moral Metaphysics and Permanent Peace". However, as introductions and contributions by Pauline Kleingeld and Lea Ypi show, Kant does not always have such a critical view. Early comments on his critical times about colonialism and slavery are at best neutral at most, and believe that these practices are acceptable even at the moment necessary in the course of cultural and historical progress I suggested that it was. Within the global historical concept (1784), Kant argues that if there is no marginal distance, the possibility that part of the "our" world ultimately will provide law to all other parts of the world There was. In other places he stated without clear criticism of colonial rule and slavery.

Colonialism is only a talk of Kant's work, but his comments on the legitimacy or illegality of colonial practices naturally attracted a lot of attention. Since Kant is the leading representative of enlightenment and also the pioneer of liberation theory, his seeming colonialism support and criticism seems to have widespread impact. Enlightenment may be an accomplice or, on the contrary, a person who provides resources to overcome the oppression of the colonial era. This volume does not directly address the broader problem of general relations between enlightenment and colonialism but rather shifts to a clearer understanding of Kant's practical position on colonialism . It focuses on 4 issues