The Materiality of Literature
Rereading Authorship and Copyright with Kant
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-65431-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-65431-9 (ISBN)
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Goh studies the material form of Kant's 'On the Wrongfulness of Reprinting' (1785) for its implications on authorship in the German Enlightenment and the digital present. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
This book retraces the emergence of conceptions of authorship in late-eighteenth-century Germany by studying the material form of Immanuel Kant's 1785 essay, 'On the Wrongfulness of Reprinting'. Drawing upon book history, media theory, and literary studies, Benjamin Goh analyses the essay's paratexts as indices of literary production in the German Enlightenment. Far from being an idealist proponent of intellectual property, Kant is shown to be a media theorist and practitioner, whose critical negotiation with the evolving print machinery in his time helps illuminate our present struggle with digital technology and the mounting pressures borne by copyright as a proprietary institution. Through its novel perspective on established debates surrounding authorship, this book critiques the proprietary conception of authorship in copyright law, and proposes an ethical alternative that responds to the production, circulation, and reading of literature. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
This book retraces the emergence of conceptions of authorship in late-eighteenth-century Germany by studying the material form of Immanuel Kant's 1785 essay, 'On the Wrongfulness of Reprinting'. Drawing upon book history, media theory, and literary studies, Benjamin Goh analyses the essay's paratexts as indices of literary production in the German Enlightenment. Far from being an idealist proponent of intellectual property, Kant is shown to be a media theorist and practitioner, whose critical negotiation with the evolving print machinery in his time helps illuminate our present struggle with digital technology and the mounting pressures borne by copyright as a proprietary institution. Through its novel perspective on established debates surrounding authorship, this book critiques the proprietary conception of authorship in copyright law, and proposes an ethical alternative that responds to the production, circulation, and reading of literature. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Benjamin Goh is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He was awarded the 2024 Zipporah B. Wiseman Prize for Scholarship on Law, Literature, and Justice.
Introduction: literary materiality and the question of authorship; 1. Two ways of looking at a printed book; 2. From paratexts to print machinery; 3. Materialities of type; 4. A biography of I. Kant; Conclusion: the ethics of digital authorship; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-65431-4 / 1009654314 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-65431-9 / 9781009654319 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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