Cassirer and Left-Kantianism

Vincent, Andrew 2025. Cassirer and Left-Kantianism. Kantian Review 10.1017/s1369415425100964

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Abstract

After a brief overview of Cassirer’s symbolic form argument, the discussion turns to one question: does Cassirer offer a lucid normative position in politics? My core argument is that he does not. Three arguments providing potential insights into his moral and political sensibilities are contested: the first concerns his The Myth of the State text; the second, the Bildung tradition; and third, his arguments on the contract and natural rights tradition. The latter argument, in particular, underpins the claim that Cassirer was sympathetic to liberalism. The concept of left-Kantianism is then examined in the context of the German socialist tradition.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1369-4154
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 December 2025
Date of Acceptance:	1 September 2025
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2025 16:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183374

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