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Training for Cosmopolitan Citizenship in the 1930s: The Project of Dimitrije Mitrinovic
Author(s) -
Rigby Andrew
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/0149-0508.00128
Subject(s) - citizenship , cosmopolitanism , sovereignty , democracy , consciousness , global citizenship , political science , politics , sociology , westphalian sovereignty , political economy , environmental ethics , law , epistemology , philosophy
Generations of peace seekers have sought an alternative modeling of the world beyond the Westphalian system of separate sovereign states. Recent global trends have raised the possibility of new institutional frameworks and processes for promoting world peace, including that of “cosmopolitan democracy.” If the utopian vision of cosmopolitan democracy is to become real, then the development of new political structures must be accompanied by a growing consciousness of what it means to be a cosmopolitan citizen. This paper examines the methods developed by one “utopian” to prepare his coworkers and followers for cosmopolitan citizenship in London during the years prior to the Second World War.