“The range of Georg Cavallar’s reading into the history of legal and political thought is impressive in both its breadth and its depth. It makes Imperfect Cosmopolis a richly textured account of the formation of European cosmopolitan ideas that enlightens us to how varied and also how imperfect cosmopolitan visions have been. In providing us with this more nuanced account, Cavallar presents the cosmopolitan project itself in a more humble, and therefore somehow more attractive, light.”

Gideon Baker, Griffith University