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