| World Citizenship and Government: Cosmopolitan Ideas in the History of Western Political Thought 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Heater, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333602315 ISBN-13: 9780333602317 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History - Political Science | Globalization |
| Dewey: 327.170 |
| Series: Cosmopolitan Ideas in the History of Western Political Thoug |
| Physical Information: 259 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Stoics, Dante, the philosophers of the Enlightenment, H.G. Wells, world federalists, would-be reformers of the United Nations, and many others have all thought, albeit in very different ways, in cosmopolitan or world terms. This book traces the history of western political thinking about world citizenship and the world state. It analyses the manifold forms in which the basic concept of a world polity has been expounded and shows that, despite objections to the very notion and its failure to be implemented, it still remains a potent ideal. |