Re-Grounding Cosmopolitanism Towards a Post-Foundational Cosmopolitanism

Tamara Caraus, "Re-Grounding Cosmopolitanism: Towards a Post-Foundational Cosmopolitanism "
English | ISBN: 1138913340 | 2015 | 260 pages | EPUB | 530 KB
Leading experts and rising stars in the field explore whether cosmopolitanism becomes impossible in the theoretical framework that assumed the absence of a final ground. The questions that the volume addresses refer exactly to the foundational predicament that characterizes cosmopolitanism: How is it possible to think cosmopolitanism after the critique of foundations? Can cosmopolitanism be conceived without an 'ultimate' ground? Can we construct theories of cosmopolitanism without some certainties about the entire world or about the cosmos? Should we continue to look for foundations of cosmopolitan rights, norms and values? Alternatively, should we aim towards cosmopolitanism without foundations or towards cosmopolitanism with 'contingent foundations'? Could cosmopolitanism be the very attempt to come to terms with the failure of ultimate grounds?