Imperfect Cosmopolis
Studies in the History of International Legal Theory and Cosmopolitan Ideas
Author(s) Georg Cavallar
Language: English
Genre(s): Law and Social Policy, Philosophy, History
Series: Political Philosophy Now
- April 2011 ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9780708323670
- · eBook - pdf - 9780708323687
- · Paperback - 9780708323823
- · eBook - epub - 9781783164592
In current debates, the term "cosmopolitanism" often remains quite vague and leads to sweeping generalizations. this book looks at the notion from a decidedly historical perspective, trying to give depth and texture to the concept.
*Introduction *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