Towards a Genealogy of Cosmopolitan Thought
Before and Beyond Liberalism
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2026
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-5075-8 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-5075-8 (ISBN)
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Uncovers the hidden roots and future pathways of cosmopolitan thought in an age of fragmentation and reorientation.
Liberalism, with cosmopolitanism as its intellectual spearhead, seems to be in retreat, while illiberal and populist narratives have come to dominate the digital space. In this book, Detlef von Daniels suggests that this crisis can be addressed through historically situated self-reflection.
It begins by noting that cosmopolitan ideas have antecedents going back to the pre-Platonic Sophists. In this light, Plato emerges as the first anti-cosmopolitan philosopher. Unsurprisingly, Plato again plays an important role in today’s authoritarian discourses. Kant’s political philosophy is then read as a fundamental reorientation of philosophy, though one whose dialectics Kant himself had already discerned. Against Heidegger’s appropriation of both antiquity and Kant, Kelsen’s theory of law emerges as a sober antidote that gives rise to two models of post-foundational thought.
Framed by the voices of Sappho and Hölderlin, the book finally reveals a poetic mode of communication across space and time.
Liberalism, with cosmopolitanism as its intellectual spearhead, seems to be in retreat, while illiberal and populist narratives have come to dominate the digital space. In this book, Detlef von Daniels suggests that this crisis can be addressed through historically situated self-reflection.
It begins by noting that cosmopolitan ideas have antecedents going back to the pre-Platonic Sophists. In this light, Plato emerges as the first anti-cosmopolitan philosopher. Unsurprisingly, Plato again plays an important role in today’s authoritarian discourses. Kant’s political philosophy is then read as a fundamental reorientation of philosophy, though one whose dialectics Kant himself had already discerned. Against Heidegger’s appropriation of both antiquity and Kant, Kelsen’s theory of law emerges as a sober antidote that gives rise to two models of post-foundational thought.
Framed by the voices of Sappho and Hölderlin, the book finally reveals a poetic mode of communication across space and time.
Detlef von Daniels is a Lecturer in German Philosophy in the European Studies Program at Freie Universität Berlin
Abbreviations of Works by Kant
Preface
Prelude: Sappho’s calling
Chapter 1: Plato and the Challenge to Cosmopolitanism
Chapter 2: Kant and the End(s) of Cosmopolitanism
Chapter 3: Kelsen and the Twilight of Cosmopolitanism
Coda: Hölderlin’s Response
Postscript
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Encounters in Law & Philosophy |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
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| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-5075-6 / 1399550756 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-5075-8 / 9781399550758 |
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