Transnational Cosmopolitanism - Kant, Du Bois, and Justice As a Political Craft

Advances normative notion of transnational cosmopolitanism based on Du Bois's writings and practice, and discusses limitations of Kantian cosmopolitanism.

List of contents

1. The limits of Kant's anti-colonialism and his philosophy of history; 2. Vertical and horizontal readings of Kant's principles; 3. Du Bois and a radical, transnational, cosmopolitanism; 4. Race, identity, and the question of transnational solidarity in cosmopolitanism; 5. A transnationally cosmopolitan counterpublic; References; Index.

About the author

Inés Valdez is Assistant Professor of political science at Ohio State University. Her work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, Political Research Quarterly, and Political Studies, among other outlets. She is the recipient of the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship at the Princeton University Center for Human Values (2017–18) and an Experienced Researcher Fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation (2018–21).

Summary

This volume is an original contribution to cosmopolitanism scholarship that questions the contemporary currency of Kant's canonical approach and enlists a neglected period of Du Bois's writing and political practice to radicalize, democratize, and transnationalize cosmopolitanism.

Product details

• Authors: Ines Valdez, Inés Valdez, VALDEZ IN S
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108483322
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48332-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, International Relations, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Colonialism and imperialism, Political science and theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence