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Imperfect cosmopolis : studies in the history of international legal theory and cosmopolitan ideas /

"In current political debates, the term 'cosmopolitanism' is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold up to closer scrutiny. Imperfect Cosmopolis aims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cavallar, Georg, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
Colección:Political philosophy now.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Vitoria, Grotius, Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel : accomplices of European colonialism and exploitation, or true cosmopolitans?
  • British enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism
  • Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism
  • Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe
  • Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross
  • Conclusion.