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A Cosmopolitan Philosophy of International Law? A Realist Approach[Note 1. Translated from Italian by Iain Fraser. ...]
Author(s) -
Zolo Danilo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9337.00134
Subject(s) - cosmopolitanism , radicalization , law , sociology , international law , citizenship , context (archaeology) , political philosophy , political science , human rights , politics , epistemology , philosophy , paleontology , biology
Analyzing different works and in particular Habermas' reflection on Kant, the author reconstructs, first, his approach to international law and his political and legal cosmopolitanism. Second, he presents some critical observations on Habermas' cosmopolitanism in the context of his more general discursive theory of law and state. In this perspective, he discusses the problems of peace and of the role of the United Nations, the strategy of protection of human rights, and the question of world citizenship. He argues that Habermas' cosmopolitanism is a radicalization of Kantian tradition based on a centralization of international power and a cosmopolitan law. Finally, he develops realist arguments in favour of a non‐globalistic conception of international law.[Note 2. Abstract by Giorgio Bongiovanni. ...]