“Zum ewigen Frieden”
“Zum ewigen Frieden”
Cosmopolitanism, Comparison, and Empire
Taking its starting point from Kant’s 1795 essay “on eternal peace,” it this chapter traces the ways in which the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries contributed to discredit universalist ideals. All the more surprising is the revival of empire and cosmopolitan thought in the twenty-first century. It suggests that the papers assembled in the volume contribute to a better understanding of this current historical juncture. By highlighting the contradictions in ancient imperial ideals, they both bring out the limits faced by all universalist projects and are suggestive of the compromises the development of new forms of trans-regional organization will require.
Keywords: empire, cosmopolitanism, universalist, imperial ideals, Kant, trans-regional
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