Militant Cosmopolitics: Another World Horizon

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Maps the radical cosmopolitan dimension of global protests and social movements from recent decades Rethinks the foundations, practices and institutions of cosmopolitanism from a radical perspective Reads the first cosmopolitan stance of the Ancient Cynics as a militant cosmopolitics Argues for conceiving the idea of World Republic as the institution of critique Formulates a sustained critique of political philosophy’s reluctance to view human beings as citizens of the world Works across the disciplines of political theory, critical theory, continental philosophy, poststructuralism and deconstruction This book explores cosmopolitanism’s radical dynamic as expressed in the struggles from below, all over the world, against exclusion and domination, pointing to the horizon of another world that appears possible. It shows that cosmopolitanism emerges negatively through disaffiliation from the given forms of belonging and by questioning of the existing meanings and unjust practices. Through a radical critique, cosmopolitanism goes to the roots of the existing world order based on the nation-state, exposes its exclusionary structure, and brings instead the idea of a World Republic where No One Is Illegal and where all are equal citizens of the world. Caraus captures this radical dynamic in a cluster of novel concepts, such as ‘cosmopolitanism of dissent’, ‘post-foundational cosmopolitanism’, ‘cosmopolitan ontology’, ‘institution of critique’, ‘radical cosmopolitical love’, all integrated into an approach of a militant and radical cosmopolitics that reclaims the legacy of the first cosmopolitan stance of the Ancient Cynics. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ‘You have to have a position!’ Chapter 1 COSMOPOLITANISM OF DISSENT Chapter 2 BORN RADICAL. THEN WHAT HAPPENED? Chapter 3 MIGRANT RADICAL COSMOPOLITICS Chapter 4 THE INSTITUTION OF ‘PERMANENT QUESTIONING’ OR THE IDEA OF A WORLD REPUBLIC Chapter 5 LAUGHTER, FEAR AND ‘CONVERSION’ Chapter 6 SEX&DRINK: THE TROUBLE WITH COSMOPOLITAN DESIRE Chapter 7 A RADICAL LOVE OF HUMANITY Chapter 8 IF YOU ARE A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER, WHY ARE YOU NOT A COSMOPOLITAN? CONCLUSION ‘ALTER ALL CURRENCIES!’: TOWARDS A MILITANT COSMOPOLITICS BIBLIOGRAPHY Index