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Informationen zum Autor By Anand Bertrand Commissiong Klappentext Cosmopolitanism in Modernity: Human Dignity in a Global Age examines the challenges and solutions in conceptualizing and actualizing human dignity in a global perspective. The book investigates and endorses the contributions of cosmopolitanism toward a dynamic vision of human beings in just communities that can stretch beyond borders of all kind.Cosmopolitanism in Modernity: Human Dignity in a Global Age examines the challenges and solutions in conceptualizing and actualizing human dignity in a global perspective. The book investigates and endorses the contributions of cosmopolitanism toward a dynamic vision of human beings in just communities that can stretch beyond borders of all kind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Local and Global: Notes from Recent US Elections "the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world" The Market Mind-set and the Faith in the Market Cosmopolitan Ideas in Modernity Issues of Definition Part 1: Ancient and Modern Sources and Contexts1 Ancient and Modern Cosmopolitanisms Ancient and Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Modern and Contemporary Contexts A Survey of the Varieties of Cosmopolitanism in Modernity Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism 2 The Rise of Economic Individualism and the Development of the Commercial Community A Crisis of Conscience: The Crumbling Sacred Canopy and the Changing Sources of AuthorityGlobalization: The Sheltering MarketThe Heart of EmpireCosmopolitanism vs. Globalization: The Responsibilities of Freedom Part 2: Contemporary Cosmopolitanisms3 Martha Nussbaum and the Individual at the Center: Liberties and Capabilities, Theory and Practice Theory: Stoic Theories of Reason, Association, and Moral DevelopmentPractice: Action and Conflicting Duties The Capabilities ApproachUniversal Values and the Primacy of the Individual 4 Jürgen Habermas and the Individual in Community: Freedom and Responsibility in the Nation-State "Perpetual Peace": Kant's Cosmopolitan Idea ReconsideredThe Rule of Law and Popular Sovereignty in Modern DemocracyHabermas's Linguistic TurnGlobalization and the Post-National ConstellationHabermas: A Critical Appraisal5 David Held: Freedom and Accountability Beyond the Nation-State The Interstate System and Modern Democracy The Nation-State: Its Uses and AbusesInternational Accountability and Enforcement National and International Public Spheres Transnational Public Spheres and Transnational Solidarity Part 3: Restating the Case6 Cosmopolitan Virtues for a Modern World Fracturing of the Fatal Circle(s) Heterogeneity and Solidarity 7 Cosmopolitanism Law The New New World Order: Unfinished Business Cosmopolitanism and the Left: The Theory and Practice of Cosmopolitan LawStoic Cosmopolitanism Today8 Conclusion: Our Futures, TogetherThe One and the Universal Our Post-National Futures, Unavoidably Side by Side Bibliography...
