1st Edition

Cosmopolitanism

By Robert Fine Copyright 2007
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

The idea of cosmopolitanism has informed some of the most important developments in current sociology. It has changed the way in which we think about a vast array of issues: the forces of globalization, the resurgence of nationalism, the future of political community in Europe, the role of international law in social life, changing forms of violence and even the life of the mind. This book... Read more

Preface: Twenty Theses on Cosmopolitan Social Theory  1. Taking the ‘ism’ Out of Cosmopolitanism: The Equivocations of the ‘New Cosmopolitanism’  2. Confronting Reputations: Kant’s Cosmopolitanism and Hegel’s Critique  3. Cosmopolitanism and Political Community: The Equivocations of Constitutional Patriotism  4. Cosmopolitanism and International Law: From the ‘Law of Peoples’ to the ‘Constitutionalisation of International Law’  5. Cosmopolitanism and Humanitarian Military Intervention: War, Peace and Human Rights  6. Cosmopolitanism and Punishment: Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity  7. Cosmopolitanism and the Life of the Mind: The Critique of Reason  8. Conclusion

Biography

Robert Fine is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He has been engaged in theoretical research in the areas of natural law and social theory, cosmopolitan social theory and more empirical research in the areas of racism, anti-Semitism and nationalism.