The idea of cosmopolitanism: from Kant to the Iraq War and beyond

With the end of the Cold War the world approached the prospect of realizing what one might call the 'Kantian moment' in international relations. Auspiciously, 1995 marked both the 50th anniversary of the establishment of UN Charter, in which human rights guarantees prominently figured, as...

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Published in:Ethics & global politics 2010-01, Vol.3 (2), p.143-153
Main Author: Wolin, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Censorship
Citizenship
Cosmopolitanism
Democracy
Essays
International relations
Iraq War-2003
National security
Norms
Peace
Philosophers
Political activism
Politics
Satellite communications
Spirituality
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Summary:With the end of the Cold War the world approached the prospect of realizing what one might call the 'Kantian moment' in international relations. Auspiciously, 1995 marked both the 50th anniversary of the establishment of UN Charter, in which human rights guarantees prominently figured, as well as the 200th anniversary of Kant's celebrated text on 'Perpetual Peace.' During the era of the EastWest political stalemate, the idea of effective world governance remained a chimera, as both political camps willfully exploited international governmental organizations (IGOs), such as the UN and UNESCO, for the self-serving ends of Realpolitik. Human rights claims were brazenly politicized. The Soviets lambasted American racism and the inadequacy of social rights. The USA and its allies, conversely, pilloried their opponent's failure to minimally respect basic, first-generation civil and political liberties. (Published: 26 May 2010) Citation: Ethics & Global Politics, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2010, pp. 143-153. DOI: 10.3402/egp.v3i2.5213
ISSN:1654-4951
1654-6369
DOI:10.3402/egp.v3i2.5213