The Cosmopolitan Ideal

Autorentext

Michael Scrivener

Klappentext

Examines the new internationalism which emerged in Europe during the Enlightenment. This is the study of cosmopolitanism, which takes into account feminist and post-colonial critiques of the Enlightenment. It also offers cosmopolitanism as a solution to contemporary struggles to reach a post-national political identity.

Inhalt
Introduction; Chapter 1 Cosmopolitanism Then and Now; Chapter 2 Expanding the Public Sphere; Chapter 3 Women and Justice; Chapter 4 Writing Against Slavery, Race and Empire; Chapter 5 Jewish Questions; Chapter 6 Conclusion: Postnational Cosmopolitanism?;