Global justice and avant-garde political agency / Lea Ypi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ypi, Lea, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internationalism.

Cosmopolitanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title offers a fresh, nuanced example of political theory in an activist mode. Setting the debate on global justice in the context of recent methodological disputes on the relationship between ideal and nonideal theorizing, Ypi's dialectical account shows how principles and agency really can interact.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I: ON HISTORY AND METHOD; Chapter 1: The Historical Controversy; Chapter 2: Activist Political Theory and Avant-Garde Agency; PART II: DEFENDING THE STATE, DEFENDING COSMOPOLITANISM; Chapter 3: Politics and Associative Relations; Chapter 4: Global Egalitarianism; PART III: STATIST COSMOPOLITANISM; Chapter 5: On Principles; Chapter 6: On Agency; Chapter 7: A Cosmopolitan Avant-Garde; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-879866-0

9786613593764

0-19-161869-1

1-280-49853-6

OCLC:

922971141