Patriotism to the Earth - A Quest for Humane Global Governance

In another soon-to-be-classic, Richard Falk provides a hopeful call to action to avert sleepwalking toward a collective species death wish, and to reimagine allegiance to the nation state instead as a humane patriotism for sustainability and ecological viability.

List of contents

Introduction
Knowledge and Activism without Adaptation or Justice
Historical Circumstances
Dysfunctional Structures, Norms, and Ideologies
Evolutionary Relevance
References
Part I: A Frame for Inquiry

1. Toward a Global Imaginary for the 21st Century

Explaining the Gaps
Four Fundamental Features of the Westphalian World Order
Modifying Expectations
References

1. Nonviolent Geopolitics: Law, Politics, and 21st Century Security

The UN Charter and a Legalistic Approach to Nonviolent Geopolitics
The Political/Ethical Argument for Nonviolent Geopolitics
Concluding Observations: Opportunities, Challenges, Tendencies
References

1. Failures of Legitimacy: Global Governance and International Relations

Global Governance and Legitimacy after World War I
Global Governance and Legitimacy Crises after World War II
Global Governance and Legitimacy Crises during the Cold War
Global Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization
Failures of Global Governance in the 21st Century
A Concluding Comment
References

1. A Pluralist Cosmopolitanism

Preliminary Consideration
A Framework for Assessment
Why and Which Cosmopolitanism?
A Concluding Note
References

1. Global Contexts of Power

Decolonization and the Decline of Hard Power
International Intervention
Post-9/11 Forms of Power
Consequences
Conclusion

1. Constitutional Guidelines for Global Governance

Old Realism versus New Realism
Rethinking the Westphalia Structure of World Order
Reform Proposals within a Westphalian Framing: An Independently Funded UN Emergency Peace Force, Global Parliament, Peoples Tribunals
Toward an International Rule of Law
Subverting Westphalia
References
Part II: Pillars of Order: Horizons of Aspiration

1. International Law: Overcoming War and Collective Violence

International Law as it Emerged in Europe
The Westphalian System
Just War Tradition
Primacy of Geopolitics
Outlawing War
Paradigm Shift
Reimagining Law and War
Reclaiming Realism
Envisioning Structural Reform
Avenues of Endeavor
The Archetypal Struggle Against Nuclearism
The Non-proliferation Treaty & Geopolitical Enforcement Regime
Treaty of Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): Abolition Aspirations
No First Use (NFU) of Nuclear Weapons
Managing the Global Ecosystem
Challenging Informal Censorship
Revisioning Citizenship
References

1. Appropriating Normative Geopolitics: Civil Society, International Law, and the Future of the United Nations

Points of Departure
Global North Critical Expositions of International Law
The Question of Agency: Military and Political Ascendancy
The UN Fits In
Note on the UN and the Israel/Palestine Conflict
A Concluding Note
References

1. Global Inequality and Human Rights: An Odd Couple

Inequality Discourse in the United States and the Global South
Explaining the Disconnect
A Reframing of Human Rights and Inequality
Toward a 'Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Inequalities of Income and Wealth'
Concluding Remarks
References

1. International Law and Transformative Innovations: The Case of Criminal Accountability

Point of Departure
A Conceptual Prologue
For and Against Normative Determinism
The Nuremberg Judgment
Beyond Nuremberg
References

1. Peoples Tribunals, and the Peace Movement's Quest for Justice

The Judicial Dimension of Global Governance
Civil Society Justice
Investigating State Criminality
References

1. Reparations, International Law, and Global (In)Justice: Extensions of Reparations to Global Governance

A New Frontier
Points of Departure
International Law: Authority and Instruments
Shadows of Misunderstanding
Some Limiting Conditions
Unevenness of Material Circumstances
Remoteness in Time
Absence of Individuation
Generality of Obligation
Extreme Selectivity
What International Law Can Do
References

1. Transformational Justice in a Neoliberal and Statist World Order

Transitional and Transformational Justice: Conceptual Points of Departure
The Transformational Option After World War II
World Order Constraints on Transitional and Transformational Justice
The Failures of Transition in the Arab Spring
The Iranian/Islamic Revolution: A Sustained Transition and a Successful Transformation
Applying the Lessons of Transition and Transformation to the Palestine/Israel Struggle
The Liberal Bias Toward Transition without Transformation
Concluding Observations
References

1. Revisiting the Earth Charter

References
Part III: Varieties of Cosmopolitanism

1. Fred Dallmayr's Visionary Cosmopolitanism

Sources of Inspiration
Choosing the Road of Spiritual Cosmopolitanism
A Concluding Comment
References

1. Father Miguel D'Escoto's The Spiritual Sources of Legal Creativity

References

1. David Ray Griffin' Postmodern Politics and Spirituality: Do We Need (or Want) World Government?

Why a Democratic World Government is Necessary
Why a Democratic World Government is Possible
Why the Advocacy of a Democratic Global Government is Not Desirable
References

1. Edward Demenchonok's Visionary Cosmopolitanism

A Cosmopolitan Visionary for Our Time
References

1. Global Solidarity: Toward a Politics of Impossibility

The Imprisoned Imagination
On what is possible
References

1. Global Solidarity as the Vital Precondition to Cosmopolitan Transition

Do We Have the Time?
Concluding Remark
About the Author

About the author

Richard A. Falk is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus at Princeton University, and was Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of The Nation and The Progressive, and Chair of the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He is a former advisory board member of the World Federalist Institute and the American Movement for World Government. He served a six-year term as United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories. During 1999-2000, Falk worked on the Independent International Commission on Kosovo. He is the author of over twenty books and maintains a blog at richardfalk.org/.
Sasha Milonova is a political economist by training, and a writer, researcher, and activist. She has also produced an award-winning documentary short.

Product details

• Authors: Richard a Falk, Richard A. Falk, Richard A Falk
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781538196878
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9687-8
• No. of pages: 348
• Assisted by: Sasha Milonova
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental policy and protocols