1st Edition

The Cosmopolitan Ideal

By Michael Scrivener Copyright 2007
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Examines the new internationalism which emerged in Europe during the Enlightenment. This is the study of cosmopolitanism, which takes into account feminist and post-colonial critiques of the Enlightenment. It also offers cosmopolitanism as a solution to contemporary struggles to reach a post-national political identity.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Cosmopolitanism Then and Now; Chapter 2 Expanding the Public Sphere; Chapter 3 Women and Justice; Chapter 4 Writing Against Slavery, Race and Empire; Chapter 5 Jewish Questions; Chapter 6 Conclusion: Postnational Cosmopolitanism?;

    Biography

    Michael Scrivener