Imperfect cosmopolis : studies in the history of international legal theory and cosmopolitan ideas
Cosmopolitanism International law Internationalism Political science LAW / International History sähkökirjat
University of Wales Press
2011
EISBN 9780708323670
Vitoria, Grotius, Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel : accomplices of European colonialism and exploitation, or true cosmopolitans?.
British enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism.
Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism.
Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe.
Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross.
Conclusion.
"In current political debates, the term 'cosmopolitanism' is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold up to closer scrutiny. Imperfect Cosmopolis aims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspective--distinguishing, for example, between types of cosmopolitanism and the development of the concept through the centuries"--Provided by publisher.
British enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism.
Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism.
Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe.
Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross.
Conclusion.
"In current political debates, the term 'cosmopolitanism' is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold up to closer scrutiny. Imperfect Cosmopolis aims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspective--distinguishing, for example, between types of cosmopolitanism and the development of the concept through the centuries"--Provided by publisher.
