Imperfect Cosmopolis
Studies in the History of International Legal Theory and Cosmopolitan Ideas
Distributed for University of Wales Press
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 Cosmopolisaims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspective—distinguishing, for example, between types of cosmopolitanism and the development of the concept through the centuries.

Reviews
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Vitoria, Grotius, Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel: Accomplices of European Colonialism and Exploitation, or True Cosmopolitans?
3. British Enlightenment: the Triumph of Commercial Cosmopolitanism
4. Kant and the ‘Miserable Comforters’: Contractual Cosmopolitanism
5. Late Eighteenth-century International Legal Theory: from Cosmopolis to the Idea of Europe
6. Immigration, Rights and the Global Community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross
7. Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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