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Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents

Rethinking Politics in the Age of Brexit and Trump

Lee Ward - Contributions by Nicholas Aroney; Jeffrey Church; Paul Gray; Zsolt Kapelner; Simon Kennedy; Paul Kirkland; Zoltan Miklosi; José Daniel Parra; Cary Nederman; Carl Scott; John Scott; Michel Seymour; Vasileios Syros; Ann Ward; Lee Ward and Claudia Wiesner

Cosmopolitanism is one of the most venerable intellectual traditions in the history of political philosophy. From the ancient Greek Diogenes’ claim to be “a citizen of the world” through to Kant’s Enlightenment vision of a world government and even into our own time, the idea of cosmopolitanism has stirred the moral imagination of many throughout history. Arguably the Brexit referendum result and the election of Donald Trump in 2016 marked the first major public repudiation of the transnational, globalizing cosmopolitan ideals that have arguably dominated politics in the liberal democratic West since the end of the Cold War. This volume reconsiders cosmopolitanism and its discontents in the age of Brexit and Trump by bringing together the great thinkers in the history of political philosophy and contemporary reflections on the problems and possibilities of international relations, human rights, multiculturalism, and regnant theories of democracy and the state.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 284 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-0259-6 • Hardback • June 2020 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-1-7936-0261-9 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
Series: Political Theory for Today
Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / International Relations / General
Lee Ward is professor of political science at Baylor University.
Introduction: Contextualizing the Age of Brexit and Trump

Lee Ward

Chapter One: The Myth of Cicero’s Cosmopolitanism

Cary J. Nederman

Chapter Two: Johannes Althusius’s Cosmopolitan Defense of Local Politics

Nicholas Aroney and Simon P. Kennedy

Chapter Three: Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Jewish Political Thought

Vasileios Syros

Chapter Four: Rousseau and the Problem of Cosmopolitanism

John T. Scott

Chapter Five: A Cosmopolitanism that Populists Could Love: Kant on Refugees, Elites, and National Honor

Jeffrey Church

Chapter Six: Citizen Marx: On His Distinction between Cosmopolitanism and Internationalism Paul Christopher Gray

Chapter Seven: Nietzsche’s Good Europeans: Beyond Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism

Paul Kirkland

Chapter Eight: From ‘Global Culture’ to ‘Authentic History’: Notes on the Preview of Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy

José Daniel Parra

Chapter Nine: John Rawls against the Clash of Civilizations

Michel Seymour

Chapter Ten: Glocalism and Democracy in James Tully’s Critique of Cosmopolitanism and Imperialism

Lee Ward

Chapter Eleven: Rethinking the Boundary Problem

Zoltan Miklosi and Szolt Kapelner

Chapter Twelve: “Forced to be free”: Nationalism and the Hijab Controversy in France

Ann Ward

Chapter Thirteen: Demos or no demos? Citizenship and Democracy in the EU

Claudia Wiesner

Chapter Fourteen: A Decline in Democratic Say? The Accounts of James Allan and Pierre Manent

Carl Eric Scott

Edited by Ward (Baylor Univ.), this volume provides a diverse, erudite collection of 14 essays on aspects of cosmopolitanism in Western political thought throughout history. Perspectives on the importance of this mode of thinking from the Roman Republic to the modern EU are provided. Given the increased criticism of cosmopolitanism in contemporary politics (in some cases even its rejection), as witnessed in both the UK Brexit debate and Trump’s US policy discourse, the value of a "cosmopolitan ... worldview" is shown to be deserving of reevaluation. The volume touches on global issues related to contemporary citizenship, and readers may conclude that a shared international mission can best be attained by looking to the inherited tradition. . . The chapters on Cicero (first century BCE) and Althusius (1557–1638) are exemplary. . . the book provides a useful survey and encourages deeper exploration—even "conversation"—between the advocates and the critics of cosmopolitanism. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.


— Choice Reviews


“This important and timely work provides a philosophical analysis of the causes and conditions that led to nationalist movements in an era of globalism and cosmopolitanism. The contributors are second to none, and provide a range of perspectives that makes this volume indispensable for our times.”
— Khalil M. Habib, Hillsdale College


“Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents is a richly diverse collection of meditations on and analyses of traditional and contemporary conceptions of cosmopolitanism in its virtues and its vices. This volume is very much the kind of deepening that is needed for today’s ongoing, fraught dialectic between globalism and particularism.”
— Thomas L. Pangle, University of Texas at Austin


“Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents is a lively and intelligent array of essays on both the fact and the philosophy of cosmopolitanism. Readers will enjoy the view from a surprising number of aspects and will be impressed with the arguments and unsuspected depths they encounter.”
— Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University


Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents

Rethinking Politics in the Age of Brexit and Trump

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • Cosmopolitanism is one of the most venerable intellectual traditions in the history of political philosophy. From the ancient Greek Diogenes’ claim to be “a citizen of the world” through to Kant’s Enlightenment vision of a world government and even into our own time, the idea of cosmopolitanism has stirred the moral imagination of many throughout history. Arguably the Brexit referendum result and the election of Donald Trump in 2016 marked the first major public repudiation of the transnational, globalizing cosmopolitan ideals that have arguably dominated politics in the liberal democratic West since the end of the Cold War. This volume reconsiders cosmopolitanism and its discontents in the age of Brexit and Trump by bringing together the great thinkers in the history of political philosophy and contemporary reflections on the problems and possibilities of international relations, human rights, multiculturalism, and regnant theories of democracy and the state.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 284 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-7936-0259-6 • Hardback • June 2020 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
    978-1-7936-0261-9 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    Series: Political Theory for Today
    Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / International Relations / General
Author
Author
  • Lee Ward is professor of political science at Baylor University.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Contextualizing the Age of Brexit and Trump

    Lee Ward

    Chapter One: The Myth of Cicero’s Cosmopolitanism

    Cary J. Nederman

    Chapter Two: Johannes Althusius’s Cosmopolitan Defense of Local Politics

    Nicholas Aroney and Simon P. Kennedy

    Chapter Three: Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Jewish Political Thought

    Vasileios Syros

    Chapter Four: Rousseau and the Problem of Cosmopolitanism

    John T. Scott

    Chapter Five: A Cosmopolitanism that Populists Could Love: Kant on Refugees, Elites, and National Honor

    Jeffrey Church

    Chapter Six: Citizen Marx: On His Distinction between Cosmopolitanism and Internationalism Paul Christopher Gray

    Chapter Seven: Nietzsche’s Good Europeans: Beyond Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism

    Paul Kirkland

    Chapter Eight: From ‘Global Culture’ to ‘Authentic History’: Notes on the Preview of Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy

    José Daniel Parra

    Chapter Nine: John Rawls against the Clash of Civilizations

    Michel Seymour

    Chapter Ten: Glocalism and Democracy in James Tully’s Critique of Cosmopolitanism and Imperialism

    Lee Ward

    Chapter Eleven: Rethinking the Boundary Problem

    Zoltan Miklosi and Szolt Kapelner

    Chapter Twelve: “Forced to be free”: Nationalism and the Hijab Controversy in France

    Ann Ward

    Chapter Thirteen: Demos or no demos? Citizenship and Democracy in the EU

    Claudia Wiesner

    Chapter Fourteen: A Decline in Democratic Say? The Accounts of James Allan and Pierre Manent

    Carl Eric Scott
Reviews
Reviews
  • Edited by Ward (Baylor Univ.), this volume provides a diverse, erudite collection of 14 essays on aspects of cosmopolitanism in Western political thought throughout history. Perspectives on the importance of this mode of thinking from the Roman Republic to the modern EU are provided. Given the increased criticism of cosmopolitanism in contemporary politics (in some cases even its rejection), as witnessed in both the UK Brexit debate and Trump’s US policy discourse, the value of a "cosmopolitan ... worldview" is shown to be deserving of reevaluation. The volume touches on global issues related to contemporary citizenship, and readers may conclude that a shared international mission can best be attained by looking to the inherited tradition. . . The chapters on Cicero (first century BCE) and Althusius (1557–1638) are exemplary. . . the book provides a useful survey and encourages deeper exploration—even "conversation"—between the advocates and the critics of cosmopolitanism. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.


    — Choice Reviews


    “This important and timely work provides a philosophical analysis of the causes and conditions that led to nationalist movements in an era of globalism and cosmopolitanism. The contributors are second to none, and provide a range of perspectives that makes this volume indispensable for our times.”
    — Khalil M. Habib, Hillsdale College


    “Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents is a richly diverse collection of meditations on and analyses of traditional and contemporary conceptions of cosmopolitanism in its virtues and its vices. This volume is very much the kind of deepening that is needed for today’s ongoing, fraught dialectic between globalism and particularism.”
    — Thomas L. Pangle, University of Texas at Austin


    “Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents is a lively and intelligent array of essays on both the fact and the philosophy of cosmopolitanism. Readers will enjoy the view from a surprising number of aspects and will be impressed with the arguments and unsuspected depths they encounter.”
    — Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University


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