UNSOCIAL SOCIABILITY AND THE PLOT OF THE KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

In this article I present a reconstruction of the Kantian notion of unsocial sociability with the aim of showing its relation with other key elements of Kant's philosophy such as radical evil. moral autonomy. and the history of mankind considered from a heuristic teleological viewpoint. Given the multiple connections and associations this notion can give rise to, I consider of utmost importance to elucidate how Kant understood our social and unsocial dimensions, and how these can have an impact upon the ways we develop our judicial and political institutions and our moral practices. Through the present analysis I believe, on the one hand, that certain interpretative mistakes such as those of Allen W. Wood and Jane Kneller can be corrected, and, on the other hand, that we can be in better conditions to appreciate the ongoing validity of Kant's historical and anthropological project.