Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch

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Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch
Cover of the book
Author	Immanuel Kant
Original title	Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf
Language	German
Subject	Philosophy
Set in	Konigsberg
Publisher	F. Nicolovius
Publication date	1795
Publication place	Germany
Pages	114
Preceded by	Über den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht für die Praxis (1793)
Followed by	Metaphysik der Sitten (1797)

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Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (German: Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf) is a 1795 book authored by German philosopher Immanuel Kant.^[1] In the book, Kant advances ideas that have subsequently been associated with democratic peace, commercial peace, and institutional peace.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Kant, Immanuel (1795). Zum ewigen Frieden : ein philosophischer Entwurf (1 ed.). Königsberg: bey Friedrich Nicolovius. doi:10.3931/e-rara-25308.
^ Oneal, John R.; Russet, Bruce M. (1997). "The Classical Liberals Were Right: Democracy, Interdependence, and Conflict, 1950-1985". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (2): 267–294. doi:10.1111/1468-2478.00042. ISSN 0020-8833.
^ Russett, Bruce; Oneal, John R.; Davis, David R. (1998). "The Third Leg of the Kantian Tripod for Peace: International Organizations and Militarized Disputes, 1950-85". International Organization. 52 (3): 441–467. doi:10.1162/002081898550626. ISSN 0020-8183. JSTOR 2601398.
^ Deudney, Daniel H. (2007). Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village. Princeton University Press. pp. 10, 155–156. ISBN 978-1-4008-3727-4.