In an interview, Lyotard pointed out that in Kant the intellectual plays an “even direct” role in the political field.1 Indeed, the two short pieces of 1784, WIE and IUH, contain direct references to government and rulers (Kant addresses Frederick II in WIE, and Frederick William II and his Minister Woellner in the Preface of CF). Note that this is not the obligatory courtesy with which authors address the Ruler in times of censorship and to secure the imprimatur of their texts. The topic of these writings is clearly political, i.e., how to govern individuals (or states); their tone is shameless. Furthermore, these writings do not formulate a request or a plea; they are rather a requirement, and their criticism is frank, almost offensive.

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