Join, or die - philosophical foundations of federalism / edited by Dietmar H. Heidemann and Katja Stoppenbrink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heidemann, Dietmar Hermann, editor.

Stoppenbrink, Katja, editor.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Federal government--Philosophy.

Federal government.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

In English and German language.

Summary:

Research on federalism is rarely concerned with its philosophical foundations. However, arguments on why and how best to organise a plurality of states in a multilevel political order have first been discussed by philosophers and continue to inspire contemporary reasoning on international and supranational relations not only in political philosophy. This book offers a unique overview of the philosophical foundations of federalism from both a historical and a systematic perspective. The analyses proposed by renowned scholars from the US and from several European countries cover classic writers such as Hobbes and the authors of the Federalist Papers, Kant and Rawls, and range from anthropological justifications of federal orders to contemporary problems of EU constitutionalism, the principle of subsidiarity and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The book is of relevance to anyone interested in philosophical justifications of federalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Gibt es spirituelle Voraussetzungen säkularer Politik? Thomas Hobbes über das „Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill“

Leibniz and European Cosmopolitanism

Radical Enlightenment: Existential Kantian Cosmopolitan Anarchism, With a Concluding Quasi-Federalist Postscript

Letzte Zwecke. Die Grundlegung des Föderalismus in Kants politischer Teleologie

Der ungerechte Bundesgenosse. Über die inhaltlichen Grenzen des (Staatsund) Völkerrechts in Kants Rechtslehre

The Federalist Papers, Federalism and Democratic Representation

E timore unum: When Fear Invites Itself at the Birth of the Federal Republic of America

Wie man der Tugend aufhelfen kann. Zur philosophischen Begründung einer föderalen Organisation des Gemeinwesens

Naturzustand und Völkerrecht. Hegel über Kants Idee eines Föderalismus freier Staaten, auf den das Völkerrecht zu gründen sei

Representative Government and Federalism in John Stuart Mill

Föderalismus und Subsidiarität. Über horizontale und vertikale Verteilung politischer Lasten in der Demokratie

Subsidiarity to the Rescue for the European Courts? Resolving Tensions Between the Margin of Appreciation and Human Rights Protection

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110609677

3110609673

9783110422122

3110422123

9783110422108

3110422107

OCLC:

956997974