Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization

by Trepanier, Lee; Habib, Khalil M.

• ISBN13: 9780813134703
• ISBN10: 0813134706
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-07
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

As scholars debate the consequences of globalization, the philosophy of cosmopolitanism promises to create a stronger global community Encouraging individuals to broaden their interests beyond the customs of their particular cultures and adopt a global mindset, cosmopolitanism facilitates a common understanding of philosophy and ethics that transcends international boundaries. The philosophy has resurfaced in recent years, but it faces resistance from those who argue for strong regional and national identities. A survey of cosmopolitanism from its roots to its contemporary applications, Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization: Citizens without States is a clear and comprehensive guide to one of today's central philosophical debates.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Classical Cosmopolitanism
Socratic Self-Examination: Cosmopolitanism, Imperialism, or Citizenship?	p. 13
Roman Cosmopolitanism: The Stoics and Cicero	p. 40
Aquinas's Mediated Cosmopolitanism and the Impasse of Ancient Political Philosophy	p. 70
Ibn Tufayl's Critique of Cosmopolitanism in Hayy Ibn Yaqzan	p. 97
Modern and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism
Kant's Teaching of Historical Progress and Its Cosmopolitan Goal	p. 119
Infinite Personality and Finite Custom: Hegel, Socrates' Daimon, and the Modern State	p. 139
An Introduction to Martin Heidegger: "Radical-Committed" Anticosmopolitanism	p. 161
Alexandre Kojève: Cosmopolitanism at the End of History	p. 184
The Postmodern Condition of Cosmopolitanism	p. 211
Cosmopolitanism in the United States
Madison and Republican Cosmopolitanism	p. 231
Lincoln's Reflective Patriotism: An Alternative to Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism	p. 249
Tocqueville, Cicero, Augustine, and the Limits of the Polis	p. 277
Practical Cosmopolitanism
European Dreamin': Democratic Astigmatism and Its Sources	p. 305
Cosmopolitanism for Thee but Not for Me: Big and Small Countries in the Modern Era of Monetary Nationalism	p. 338
List of Contributors	p. 353
Index	p. 357
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