Overview
- Presents a novel framework that understands cosmopolitanism as nonrelationism
- Re-evaluates classic understandings of cosmopolitanism in light of this new framework
- Offers normative criteria and guidelines for assessing and building cosmopolitan institutions
Part of the book series: International Political Theory (IPoT)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Cosmopolitanism as Moral Egalitarianism: The Standard Definition
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Specifying the Concept of Cosmopolitanism
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Cosmopolitanism as Nonrelationism: A Defence
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About this book
This book suggests that more can be said about cosmopolitanism than either the bold endorsement of a world state or the humble recognition of the equal moral worth of individuals, which makes everybody cosmopolitan. Identifying problems with the traditional concept and disentangling a variety of positions within the cosmopolitan paradigm, it introduces the more refined concept of cosmopolitanism as nonrelationism, which denies underived special duties among fellow citizens or other related individuals, such as family members or friends.
Cosmopolitanism as nonrelationism promises to overcome an entrenched debate wherein everybody is a cosmopolitan, and brings back the radical character traditionally associated with the term. It portrays cosmopolitanism as a distinct and thorough position challenging classic proponents such as Barry, Caney, Nussbaum, and Pogge, and questioning their theories’ cosmopolitan character. Cosmopolitanism as nonrelationism has consequences for world politics without prescribing any unfeasible global order: It establishes normative criteria for evaluating institutions and provides guidance for the development of new ones.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cosmopolitanism as Nonrelationism
Book Subtitle: Who is Cosmopolitan Now?
Authors: Barbara Elisabeth Müller
Series Title: International Political Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83457-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83456-2Published: 20 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83459-3Published: 21 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83457-9Published: 19 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-6039
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6047
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 237
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, International Relations Theory, Political Philosophy