{"product_id":"global-justice-and-our-epochal-mind-9781498596350","title":"Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal Justice and Our Epochal Mind explores the mind of our epoch, defined as the period since the Nuremberg Trial and the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. Xunwu Chen examines four defining ideas of this epochglobal justice, cosmopolitanism, crimes against humanity, and cultural tolerationas well as the structural relationships among these ideas. Chen argues that the mind of our epoch is essentially the mind of humanity. Its world view, horizon, standpoint, norms, standards, and vocabularies are of humanity, by humanity, and for humanity, and all are embodied in human institutions and practices throughout the globe. Meanwhile, our epochal mind has a dialectical relationship with particular cultures bearing normative force. As a metaphysical subjectivity and substance, humanity is the source of all human values in our epoch and defines what can and should be human values and virtues. Humankind, therefore, are a people with socio-political and legal sovereignty, sharing a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book addresses pressing and indeed momentous issues in an informed, thoughtful, and imaginative manner. The author displays wide ranging erudition but also deep-cutting thought, as he engages critically with social theorists of the first rank. -- Vincent Colapietro, Pennsylvania State University\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Aristotelian and continental philosophies, Professor Chen mounts a vigorous defense of global justice, cultural cosmopolitanism, and human rights. He provides sorely needed encouragement in a pessimistic age. -- Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Mind of Our Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Global Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Cosmopolitanism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Crimes against Humanity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Toleration and Global Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040872431959,"sku":"9781498596350","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498596350.jpg?v=1750948137","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-justice-and-our-epochal-mind-9781498596350","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}