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This book takes up the tension between globalization and community in order to articulate a new theory of global justice.
Although the process of globalization is not new, its current manifestation and consequences are. At the same time, there is a growing recognition of the importance of community, identity and belonging. These two facts have generally been understood to be fundamentally in tension, both theoretically and descriptively. This book seeks to resolve this tension, and then draw out the implications for a theory of global justice and an understanding of the value and purpose of community. Importantly, the book argues, not only does an acceptance of the significance of the fact of globalization and the importance of community call for cosmopolitan duties and obligations, but it also calls into question the legitimacy and justification of the traditional nation-state.
Aimed primarily at scholars working on issues related to political philosophy, globalization and global justice, the book will appeal to readers in law, politics, philosophy, and sociology.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgements………………………….................................................................….
Introduction……………………...…………………………………………...………...….
- An overview of the book…………………………….…………………...……..….
1 Globalization and the Logical Space of Global Justice……………................................
- The fact of globalization……………………………………………………..….....
- Rethinking the logical space of global justice…………………………………..….
- Mapping the territory…………………………………….........................................
2 Against the Nation-State: On the Normative Poverty of Statism……………………..…
- Legitimacy and justification: Philosophical anarchism and non-domination………
- From cosmopolitan republicanism to anarcho-republicanism……………………...
- The rise of nation-states and their shaky foundation………………………………..
- Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..
3 On the Value and Purpose of Community: A Proposal…………………………………..
- Clarifying the concept of community………………………………………………..
- Communitarians, liberals and what do we want in a community……………………
- A typology of communities………………………………………………………….
- Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...
4 Cosmopolitanism: Communal and Otherwise…………………………………………….
- Cosmopolitanism: Some further distinctions………………………………………...
- Toward a communal-cosmopolitanism………………………………………………
- Communal-cosmopolitanism: Putting theoretical meat on Intercommunlist bones…
5 Insights and Implications………………………………………………………………….
- Addressing the positives: Intergenerational justice, animals and the environment….
- Intergenerational justice…………………………………………………………
- Animals and the environment……………………………………………………
- Addressing the negatives: Communo-fascism and why not the community…………
- Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….
Conclusion: Anarchism, Community and Globalization……………………………………..
Index
About the author
Joshua Anderson is based in the Department of History and Philosophy at Virginia State University.
Summary
This book takes up the tension between globalization and community in order to articulate a new theory of global justice.
