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Cosmopolitanism is an emerging theme in
studies of global justice and provides a meeting point between theorists of international law, political science, political philosophy, applied ethics, economics, development studies, and international relations. It insists that each individual in the world has the same moral value irrespective of nationality, ethnicity, language or religion. But cosmopolitanism is not just about a new and expanded set of norms that apply to the global community. It is also about new ways of being: being a citizen of the world, being concerned for others who are distant strangers, and being committed to pursuing human rights and social justice anywhere in the world. These emerging forms of "cosmopolitan subjectivity" are explored in this volume along with significant proposals for institutional changes that are ethically required in our globalized world. Stemming from the Second International Conference of the International Global Ethics Association held in Melbourne, Australia in June 2008, the essays in this book open new pathways in the growing literature on cosmopolitanism.
"What does it mean to be a citizen in the context of globalization?
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Cosmopolitanism is an emerging movement in global ethics. This book provides cutting edge essays by leading scholars on cosmopolitanism. It is written in a style accessible to interested lay people as well as scholars and researchers in the relevant fields.
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Wim Vandekerckhove and Stan van Hooft The philosopher, Diogenes the Cynic, in the fourth century BCE, was asked where he came from and where he felt he belonged. He answered that he was a "citi- 1 zen of the world" (kosmopolites) . This made him the rst person known to have described himself as a cosmopolitan. A century later, the Stoics had developed that concept further, stating that the whole cosmos was but one polis, of which the order was logos or right reason. Living according to that right reason implied showing goodness to all of human kind. Through early Christianity, cosmopolitanism was given various interpretations, sometimes quite contrary to the inclusive notion of the Stoics. Augustine's interpretation, for example, suggested that only those who love God can live in the universal and borderless "City of God." Later, the red- covery of Stoic writings during the European Renaissance inspired thinkers like Erasmus, Grotius and Pufendorf to draw on cosmopolitanism to advocate world peace through religious tolerance and a society of states. That same inspiration can be noted in the American and French revolutions. In the eighteenth century, enlig- enment philosophers such as Bentham (through utilitarianism) and Kant (through universal reason) developed new and very different versions of cosmopolitanism that serve today as key sources of cosmopolitan philosophy. The nineteenth century saw the development of new forms of transnational ideals, including that of Marx's critique of capitalism on behalf of an international working class.
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This book aims to provide cutting edge essays by leading scholars on cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism is an emerging movement in global ethics and provides a meeting point between theorists of international law, political science, political philosophy, applied ethics, economics, development studies, and international relations. The second International Conference of the International Global Ethics Association will be held in Melbourne, Australia in June 2008 on the theme of 'Questioning Cosmopolitanism' and will attract major scholars from around the world. It is envisaged that the best essays from this conference will be published in the proposed book.
Synopsis
Cosmopolitanism is an emerging theme in studies of global justice and provides a meeting point between theorists of international law, political science, political philosophy, applied ethics, economics, development studies, and international relations. It insists that each individual in the world has the same moral value irrespective of nationality, ethnicity, language or religion. But cosmopolitanism is not just about a new and expanded set of norms that apply to the global community. It is also about new ways of being: being a citizen of the world, being concerned for others who are distant strangers, and being committed to pursuing human rights and social justice anywhere in the world. These emerging forms of "cosmopolitan subjectivity" are explored in this volume along with significant proposals for institutional changes that are ethically required in our globalized world. Stemming from the Second International Conference of the International Global Ethics Association held in Melbourne, Australia in June 2008, the essays in this book open new pathways in the growing literature on cosmopolitanism. "What does it mean to be a citizen in the context of globalization?
Table of Contents
Introduction; Stan van Hooft and Wim Vandekerckhove.- Section 1: Cosmopolitan Subjectivity.- Questioning the Questioning of Cosmopolitanism; Nigel Dower.- Moral Progress and World History: Ethics and Global Interconnectedness; Andrew Linklater.- Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Recognition; Stan van Hooft.- Redeeming Freedom; Jiwei Ci.- The Cosmopolitan Self and the Fetishism of Identity; Siby K. George.- Towards an Ethics of Hospitality; An Verlinden.- The Cosmopolitan Stranger; Vince Marotta.- Questioning Cosmopolitan Justice; Tom Campbell.- The Cosmopolitan Vision: experimental reasons for choosing justice over humanity; Holly Lawford-Smith.- Section 2: Global Institutions; Do Cosmopolitan Ethics and Cosmopolitan Democracy Entail Each Other?; Carol Gould.- Global Institutionalism and Justice; Rekha Nath.- Reconsidering the State: Cosmopolitanism, Republicanism and Global Governance; Steven Slaughter.- Cosmopolitan Corporate Responsibilities; Wim Vandekerckhove.- About the Authors.- References.- Index.