Another cosmopolitanism / Seyla Benhabib ; with commentaries by Jeremy Waldron, Bonnie Honig, Will Kymlicka ; edited and introduced by Robert Post.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benhabib, Seyla, author.

Waldron, Jeremy, author.

Honig, Bonnie, author.

Kymlicka, Will, author.

Contributor:

Post, Robert, 1947- editor.

Series:

Berkeley Tanner lectures.

The Berkeley Tanner lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmopolitanism.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Human rights.

Citizenship.

World citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 206 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice--norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are sometimes in conflict with democratic ideals. In her first lecture, Benhabib argues that this tension can never be fully resolved, but it can be mitigated through the renegotiation of the dual commitments to human rights and sovereign self-determination. Her second lect

Contents:

Philosophical foundations of cosmopolitan norms / Seyla Benhabib

Democratic iterations : the local, the national, and the global / Seyla Benhabib

Cosmopolitan norms / Jeremy Waldron

Another cosmopolitanism? Law and politics in the new Europe / Bonnie Honig

Liberal nationalism and cosmopolitan justice / Will Kymlicka

Hospitality, sovereignty, and democratic iterations / Seyla Benhabib.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-536987-4

0-19-970860-6

1-280-84558-9

0-19-534603-3

1-4294-3855-X

OCLC:

79256252