Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government - Couverture souple

Zolo, Danilo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745613012 ISBN 13 : 9780745613017

Editeur : Polity, 1997

Synopsis

This volume makes a challenging critique of the idea of Cosmopolis - that is, the idea of world or 'global' government. In recent years this idea has been put forward as a way of averting the threat of war and international disorder, and as a way of avoiding the destruction of the planet. Proponents of this idea call for a radical reform of the United Nations which aims to legitimize this institution as an international police force and as a provider of global justice.

Zolo criticizes this new cosmopolitan philosophy and rejects the idea of trying to eliminate international conflict through the use of centralized and superior military force. He seeks instead to develop a conception of international relations which takes account of their pluralistic, dynamic and conflictual nature. This conception moves away from the logic of hierarchical centralization, which so dominates the UN Charter, and towards the logic of 'weak interventionism' and 'weak pacifism' which relies on self-organization, co-ordination and negotiation.

Timely, provocative and iconoclastic, Cosmopolis is an important contribution to current debates in politics, international relations and social and political theory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Danilo Zolo (Rijeka, 1936) studied jurisprudence at the University of Florence and in 1966 he obtained the Teacher's Diploma in History and Philosophy. He has been Associate Researcher at Boston University, and Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University and the University of Princeton. He is author of many essays concerning political philosophy, epistemology of the social sciences, General system theory, theory of social complexity, and philosophy of international law and international relations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745613012
• ISBN 13: 9780745613017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible