Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Perfectionism, before and after Kant: a history of German political thought, 1650-1850
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$70,462
Spontaneity, freedom, and perfection: German political thought from Leibniz to Marx
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$53,434
Modernity and idealism: freedom and action in German political thought
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$52,172

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Perfectionism, before and after Kant: a history of German political thought, 1650-1850

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: freedom; justice; progress; Leibniz; Knat; Fichte; Schiller; Hegel; Hegelian School; Marx; spontaneity; perfectionism; post-Kantian perfectionism

$70,462

Spontaneity, freedom, and perfection: German political thought from Leibniz to Marx

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: political thought; German idealism; freedom; modernity; Leibniz; Kant; Hegel; Marx

$53,434

Modernity and idealism: freedom and action in German political thought

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: Kant; Hegel; Hegelianism; idealism; modernity; ethics; aesthetics; freedom; romanticism; Marx; religion

$52,172

Freedom and perfection: Kant's metaphysics of morals in context

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: Kant; Leibniz; Wolff; natural law; freedom; spontaneity; perfection; rights; state

$53,832

Political theory and aesthetics, 1750-1900: idealism, romanticism, and the origins of modern subjectivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: aesthetics; politics; Leibniz; Kant; Hegel; romanticism; idealism; Nietzsche

$62,334

Modernity, community and freedom: Hegelian and Republican perspectives

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas A.

Keywords: Hegel; Hegelianism; ethics; aesthetics; republicanism; modernity; community; freedom; liberalism; intersubjectivity

$55,374

Nation, state and market

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Moggach, Douglas

Keywords: Liberalism; community; nation; state; market; sovereignty; freedom; Hegel; Fichte; Herder

$20,926

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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