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Commercium

Critical Theory From a Cosmopolitan Point of View
  • ISBN-13: 9781783482832
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.
  • By Brian Milstein, Preface by Nancy Fraser
  • Price: AUD $337.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/12/2015
  • Format: Hardback 328 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Philosophy [HP]
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Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a wealth of discussion and controversy about the idea of a 'postnational' or 'cosmopolitan' politics. But while there are many normative theories of cosmopolitanism, as well as some cosmopolitan theories of globalization, there has been little attempt to grapple systematically with fundamental questions of structure and action from a 'cosmopolitan point of view.' Drawing on Kant's cosmopolitan writings and Habermas's critical theory of society, Brian Milstein argues that, before we are members of nations or states, we are participants in a 'commercium' of global interaction who are able to negotiate for ourselves the terms on which we share the earth in common with one another. He marshals a broad range of literature from philosophy, sociology, and political science to show how the modern system of sovereign nation-states destructively constrains and distorts these relations of global interaction, leading to pathologies and crises in present-day world society.
Preface, Nancy Fraser / Introduction: Idea for a Critical Theory Conceived with a Cosmopolitan Intention / Part I: Habermas's Critical Theory of Society / 1. The Theory of Communicative Action / 2. The Postnational Constellation / Part II: Lifeworld and Commercium / 3. Kant, Commercium and the Cosmopolitan Problematic / 4. The 'Boundaries' of the Lifeworld / 5. Commercium Beyond Kant / Part III: The Demospathic State and the International System / 6. Systematic Approaches to International Relations / 7. Between Functionalism and Path-Dependence / 8. The Reifying Effects of Reciprocal Force / Part IV: The Tasks of a Critical Theory Conceived with a Cosmopolitan Intention / 9. Critique and Crisis in World Society / Bibliography / Index
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