Another Cosmopolitanism

Name: Another Cosmopolitanism
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ISBN: 9780195369878

ISBN-10: 0195369874

ISBN-13: 9780195369878

Edition: 2008

Authors: Seyla Benhabib

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In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice -- norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are in conflict with democratic ideals. In her first lecture, Benhabib argues that this tension can never be fully resolved, but it can be mitigated through the renegotiation of the dual commitments to human rights and sovereign self-determination. Her second lecture develops this idea in detail, with special reference to recent developments in Europe (for example, the…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.20" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Seyla Benhabib is the author of, most recently, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt.



List of Contributors


Introduction



Another Cosmopolitanism



The Philosophical Foundations of Cosmopolitan Norms


Democratic Iterations: The Local, the National, and the Global


Comments


Cosmopolitan Norms



Another Cosmopolitanism? Law and Politics in the New Europe



Liberal Nationalism and Cosmopolitan Justice



Reply to Commentators



Hospitality, Sovereignty, and Democratic Iterations


Bibliography


Index