Presents an ethical theory of the polemical topic of migration

Critiques contemporary social and normative theories

Bridges intellectual divides between the social sciences, political philosophy, and political theory

Autorentext
Alexander Sager is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University, USA.

Zusammenfassung

This book proposes a cosmopolitan ethics that calls for analyzing how economic and political structures limit opportunities for different groups, distinguished by gender, race, and class. The author explores the implications of criticisms from the social sciences of Eurocentrism and of methodological nationalism for normative theories of mobility. These criticisms lend support to a cosmopolitan social science that rejects a principled distinction between international mobility and mobility within states and cities. This work has interdisciplinary appeal, integrating the social sciences, political philosophy, and political theory.

Inhalt

1. Introduction .- 2. Political Philosophy, Migration, and Methodological Nationalism .- 3. Breaking the Nation-State's Spell .- 4. Sites, Systems, and Agents .- 5. Critical Cosmopolitanism and the Ethics of Mobility .- 6. Toward a Political Philosophy of Mobility.