Another Cosmopolitanism / Edition 1

by Seyla Benhabib, Robert Post

Overview

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 sometimes 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 banning of Muslim head scarves in France). The EU has seen the replacement of the traditional unitary model of citizenship with a new model that disaggregates the components of traditional citizenship, making it possible to be a citizen of multiple entities at the same time.

The volume also contains a substantive introduction by Robert Post, the volume editor, and contributions by Bonnie Honig (Northwestern University), Will Kymlicka (Queens University), and Jeremy Waldron (Columbia School of Law).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195183221
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/09/2006
Series:	The ^ABerkeley Tanner Lectures
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	8.41(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Seyla Benhabib is Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors     IX
Introduction   Robert Post     1
Another Cosmopolitanism   Seyla Benhabib
The Philosophical Foundations of Cosmopolitan Norms     13
Democratic Iterations: The Local, the National, and the Global     45
Comments
Cosmopolitan Norms   Jeremy Waldron     83
Another Cosmopolitanism? Law and Politics in the New Europe   Bonnie Honig     102
Liberal Nationalism and Cosmopolitan Justice   Will Kymlicka     128
Reply to Commentators   Seyla Benhabib
Hospitality, Sovereignty, and Democratic Iterations     147
Bibliography     187
Index     197

Editorial Reviews

"This is an exceptionally demanding book. It deserves to be read by serious students of political theory and cosmopolitan thought."—Michael Blake, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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