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The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlapping communities of fate, there has been a renewed enthusiasm for thinking about what it is that human beings have in common, and to explore the ethical basis of this.

Trade Review
"Truly a reader's reader. Compared with other books of its type, it is unusually comprehensive, systematic and digestible."
Survival

"An excellent centrepiece for a graduate course on cosmopolitan thought and an excellent reference for graduate or undergraduate students seeking a single volume that draws together historical and contemporary cosmopolitan thought."
Central European Journal of International and Security Studies

"If you want to understand cosmopolitanism - and you should - this volume is the place to go. Brown and Held have brought together the most important contributions to understanding (and assessing) cosmopolitanism as a philosophical ideal, a political project, and a practical program. It is a great collection on an important topic."
Joshua Cohen, Stanford University

"Two distinguished scholars have assembled a remarkable collection of essays, classical and contemporary, that challenge us all to think through what it would mean for politics, culture and economy if the world were truly one and each individual was given his or her due regard as a citizen of the globe."
Michael Doyle, Columbia University



Table of Contents
Acknowledgements

Editors Introduction
Garrett Wallace Brown and David Held

I. Kant and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism

Introduction

Idea of a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Immanuel Kant

Kant and Cosmopolitanism
Martha C. Nussbaum

Kant’s Cosmopolitanism
Garrett Wallace Brown

A Kantian Approach to Transnational Justice
Onora O’Neill

II. Cosmopolitan Global Justice

Introduction

Justice and International Relations
Charles R. Beitz

International Society from a Cosmopolitan Perspective
Brian Barry

Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty
Thomas Pogge

International Distributive Justice
Simon Caney

III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationality, States and Culture

Introduction

Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
Martha C. Nussbaum

What is Cosmopolitan?
Jeremy Waldron

Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism
Kok-Chor Tan

Global Distributive Justice and the State
Simon Caney

IV. Cosmopolitan Politics

Introduction

The Cosmopolitan Manifesto
Ulrich Beck

Principles of Cosmopolitan Order
David Held

Moving from Cosmopolitan Legal Theory to Legal Practice: Models of Cosmopolitan Law
Garrett Wallace Brown

A Political Constitution for the Pluralist World Society?
Jürgen Habermas

V. Cosmopolitanism, Global Issues and Governance

Introduction

Reframing Global Governance: Apocalypse Soon or Reform!
David Held

The Architecture of Cosmopolitan Democracy
Daniele Archibugi

Humanitarian Intervention: Toward a Cosmopolitan Approach
Mary Kaldor

The Environment, Global Justice and World Environmental Citizenship
Patrick Hayden

VI. Cosmopolitan Examinations and Critiques

Introduction

Cosmopolitanism
David Miller

The Problem of Global Justice
Thomas Nagel

On Cosmopolitanism
Jacques Derrida

Can International Organizations be Democratic? A Skeptics View
Robert A. Dahl

Citizenship in an Era of Globalization
Will Kymlicka

A Comprehensive Overview of Cosmopolitan Literature
Garrett Wallace Brown and Megan Kime

Index

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 12/11/2010
      ISBN13: 9780745648729, 978-0745648729
      ISBN10: 074564872X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlapping communities of fate, there has been a renewed enthusiasm for thinking about what it is that human beings have in common, and to explore the ethical basis of this.

      Trade Review
      "Truly a reader's reader. Compared with other books of its type, it is unusually comprehensive, systematic and digestible."
      Survival

      "An excellent centrepiece for a graduate course on cosmopolitan thought and an excellent reference for graduate or undergraduate students seeking a single volume that draws together historical and contemporary cosmopolitan thought."
      Central European Journal of International and Security Studies

      "If you want to understand cosmopolitanism - and you should - this volume is the place to go. Brown and Held have brought together the most important contributions to understanding (and assessing) cosmopolitanism as a philosophical ideal, a political project, and a practical program. It is a great collection on an important topic."
      Joshua Cohen, Stanford University

      "Two distinguished scholars have assembled a remarkable collection of essays, classical and contemporary, that challenge us all to think through what it would mean for politics, culture and economy if the world were truly one and each individual was given his or her due regard as a citizen of the globe."
      Michael Doyle, Columbia University



      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements

      Editors Introduction
      Garrett Wallace Brown and David Held

      I. Kant and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism

      Introduction

      Idea of a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
      Immanuel Kant

      Kant and Cosmopolitanism
      Martha C. Nussbaum

      Kant’s Cosmopolitanism
      Garrett Wallace Brown

      A Kantian Approach to Transnational Justice
      Onora O’Neill

      II. Cosmopolitan Global Justice

      Introduction

      Justice and International Relations
      Charles R. Beitz

      International Society from a Cosmopolitan Perspective
      Brian Barry

      Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty
      Thomas Pogge

      International Distributive Justice
      Simon Caney

      III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationality, States and Culture

      Introduction

      Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
      Martha C. Nussbaum

      What is Cosmopolitan?
      Jeremy Waldron

      Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism
      Kok-Chor Tan

      Global Distributive Justice and the State
      Simon Caney

      IV. Cosmopolitan Politics

      Introduction

      The Cosmopolitan Manifesto
      Ulrich Beck

      Principles of Cosmopolitan Order
      David Held

      Moving from Cosmopolitan Legal Theory to Legal Practice: Models of Cosmopolitan Law
      Garrett Wallace Brown

      A Political Constitution for the Pluralist World Society?
      Jürgen Habermas

      V. Cosmopolitanism, Global Issues and Governance

      Introduction

      Reframing Global Governance: Apocalypse Soon or Reform!
      David Held

      The Architecture of Cosmopolitan Democracy
      Daniele Archibugi

      Humanitarian Intervention: Toward a Cosmopolitan Approach
      Mary Kaldor

      The Environment, Global Justice and World Environmental Citizenship
      Patrick Hayden

      VI. Cosmopolitan Examinations and Critiques

      Introduction

      Cosmopolitanism
      David Miller

      The Problem of Global Justice
      Thomas Nagel

      On Cosmopolitanism
      Jacques Derrida

      Can International Organizations be Democratic? A Skeptics View
      Robert A. Dahl

      Citizenship in an Era of Globalization
      Will Kymlicka

      A Comprehensive Overview of Cosmopolitan Literature
      Garrett Wallace Brown and Megan Kime

      Index

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