- Summary
- "The idea of cosmopolitanism is increasingly in circulation both in the social sciences and in the language of everyday life. There is, however, much uncertainty about what it means, what it refers to and what role it plays in social scientific thinking. In this book Robert Fine explores the concept of cosmopolitanism, its contribution to critical thought, and its application to a number of pressing political issues: taming global marketisation, resisting the resurgence of nationalism and fundamentalism, constructing transnational forms of political community, enhancing the role of international law and human rights, prosecuting crimes against humanity and assessing the legitimacy of humanitarian military intervention. He explores the idea of cosmopolitanism both as a description of social reality and as a key element in the life of the modern mind. Cosmopolitanism offers an innovative discussion of the social, legal and political dimensions of the cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences. It should be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of social theory, sociology, political theory, cultural studies, international relations and law."--Book cover.
- Series
- Key ideas
Key ideas.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Fine, Robert, 1945-
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007
- Contents
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Taking the 'ism' out of cosmopolitanism : laying out the field
Cosmopolitanism and natural law : Kant and Hegel
Cosmopolitanism and political community : the equivocations of constitutional patriotism
Cosmopolitianism and international law : from the 'law of peoples' to the 'constitutionalisation of international law'
Cosmopolitanism and humanitarian military intervention : war, peace and human rights
Cosmopolitianism and punishment : prosecuting crimes against humanity
Cosmopolitanism and the life of the mind : the critique of nihilism
Conclusion : the elements of a cosmopolitan social theory.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-170) and index.
Taking the 'ism' out of cosmopolitanism : laying out the field -- Cosmopolitanism and natural law : Kant and Hegel -- Cosmopolitanism and political community : the equivocations of constitutional patriotism -- Cosmopolitianism and international law : from the 'law of peoples' to the 'constitutionalisation of international law' -- Cosmopolitanism and humanitarian military intervention : war, peace and human rights -- Cosmopolitianism and punishment : prosecuting crimes against humanity -- Cosmopolitanism and the life of the mind : the critique of nihilism -- Conclusion : the elements of a cosmopolitan social theory.