Cosmopolitan Dystopia - International Intervention and the Failure of the West

Cosmopolitan Dystopia evaluates cosmopolitan liberalism and shows In their effort to avoid the terrible fate of twentieth century utopias, cosmopolitan liberals have nonetheless created a new global dystopia of permanent war and authoritarian power embodied in 'sovereignty as responsibility'.

Sommario

Introduction: the rise of cosmopolitan dystopia
1 Inverted revisionism and the subversion of the liberal international order
2 Through the looking-glass: the new critics of intervention
3 What should we do? The politics of humanitarian exceptionalism
4 Failed states, failed empires and the new paternalism
Conclusion: waiting for the Americans
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Philip Cunliffe is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent

Riassunto

Cosmopolitan Dystopia evaluates cosmopolitan liberalism and shows In their effort to avoid the terrible fate of twentieth century utopias, cosmopolitan liberals have nonetheless created a new global dystopia of permanent war and authoritarian power embodied in ‘sovereignty as responsibility’. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Philip Cunliffe
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781526105738
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0573-8
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Politics, Culture and Society; Manchester University Press
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva