Contemporary Cosmopolitanism

<i>Contemporary Cosmopolitanism</i> is the first much-needed introduction to contemporary political cosmopolitanism. Although it has its roots in classical philosophy and politics Cosmopolitanism has undergone a major revival in the last forty years stirring far-reaching and intense international debates.<br/><br/>Cosmopolitanism is a way of thought and life which entails an identification of the individual with the whole humankind and implies a moral obligation to promote social and political justice at the global level. Contemporary cosmopolitanism reflects a global state that is already in itself highly cosmopolitan and represents an attempt to solve the new problems raised by this situation to reappraise a number of traditional conceptual categories in the light of changes having already occurred or that are still taking place to develop new ones as well as to encourage and guide political-institutional reform projects.<br/><br/>Taraborrelli provides clear descriptions of the three main forms of contemporary cosmopolitanism - moral political-legal and cultural - described through the thought of various figures representative of the more significant approaches: Appiah Archibugi Beitz Benhabib Bhabha Held Kaldor Nussbaum Pogge Sousa Santos. This book provides a sound and comprehensive basis for the study of cosmopolitanism ideal as a starting point for the discussion of issues of widespread interest such as human rights global justice migration multiculturalism.