Abstract

Kant’s thinking went through a consistent process of evolution. Even when he returned to the same topic he never precisely covers the same ground in the identical way. Most of what he published is original in this sense. We see his mind at work rather than a mind that is already made up. This leads to a variety of understandings of his oeuvre. The present collection provides evidence of the complexity, diversity and evolving nature of Kant’s thinking. He tackles the problems of race and colonialism at various stages of his philosophical career. Each stage evinces a slightly different hue to his thinking. Kant can hardly escape the criticism that his thinking is Eurocentric. Indeed there is..