Contemporary cosmopolitanism
By: Angela Taraborrelli
Series: Bloomsbury political philosophy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781472535559; 9781472535566
Subjects: Cosmopolitanism; Social justice; Common good; Internationalism; PHILOSOPHY / Political; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Description: "Contemporary Cosmopolitanism is the first, much-needed, introduction to contemporary political cosmopolitanism. Although it has its roots in classical philosophy and politics, Cosmopolitanism has undergone a major revival in the last forty years,  stirring far-reaching and intense international debates.Cosmopolitanism is a way of thought and life which entails an  identification of the individual with the whole humankind, and implies a  moral obligation to promote social and political justice at the global  level.  Contemporary cosmopolitanism reflects a global state that is  already in itself highly cosmopolitan, and represents an attempt to  solve the new problems raised by this situation, to reappraise a number  of traditional conceptual categories in the light of changes having  already occurred or that are still taking place, to develop new ones, as  well as to encourage and guide political-institutional reform projects.Taraborrelli provides clear descriptions of the three main forms of contemporary cosmopolitanism - moral, political-legal and cultural - described through the thought of various figures representative of the more significant approaches: Appiah, Archibugi, Beitz, Benhabib, Bhabha, Held, Kaldor, Nussbaum, Pogge, Sousa Santos. This book provides a sound and comprehensive basis for the study of cosmopolitanism, ideal as a starting point for the discussion of issues of widespread interest such as human rights, global justice, migration, multiculturalism"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: AcknowledgementsPreface1 Moral cosmopolitanism1. Charles Beitz: state autonomy, international relations, and2. cosmopolitanism3. Thomas Pogge: cosmopolitan responsibilities and reforms4. Martha Nussbaum: cosmopolitanism and capabilities approach5. Objections to moral cosmopolitanism2 Political-legal cosmopolitanism6. Mary Kaldor and the cosmopolitan civil society7. David Held: the cosmopolitan social democracy8. Daniele Archibugi and the global commonwealth of citizens9. Seyla Benhabib: cosmopolitanism and just membership10. Boaventura de Sousa Santos: subaltern cosmopolitanism11. Objections to cosmopolitan democracy3 Cultural cosmopolitanism12. Cosmopolitanism concerning culture and self13. Cultural cosmopolitanism from below14. Anthony Kwame Appiah: rooted cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitan conversation15. Homi Bhabha: vernacular cosmopolitanismNotesReferencesIndex.