Polis, Nation, Global Community: The Philosophic Foundations of Citizenship

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This book examines the basic tenets of nation, nationalism and citizenship. It explores the relevance of the nation-state to human freedom and flourishing, as well as the concept of citizenship that it implies, in contrast to that of the ancient polis and the "global community." The volume focusses on the shifting notions of various political concepts over time to present a systematic understanding of core concepts such as polis, nation and state from antiquity to the present. It includes contributions that analyze ancient and modern thought, and sections that address postmodern and contemporary thinkers, including Aristotle, Cicero, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, Arendt, Weil, Grant and Manent. A comprehensive handbook to introductory politics, this book will be invaluable to students and teachers of political science, especially political theory, political philosophy, democracy, political participation and international relations theory. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Polis, Nation, Global Community Part I Ancient Conceptions of Polis and Empire Chapter 1 Citizenship and the polis in Aristotle’s Politics Chapter 2 Cicero’s empire of wisdom Part II Modern Birth and Life of the Nation-State Chapter 3 Defining the law of nations: Revisions of Cicero’s ius gentium in Suárez, Grotius, and Burke Chapter 4 The creation of man: Linguistic reformation and the necessity of the state in the work of Thomas Hobbes Chapter 5 Nation against empire: J.G. Fichte on economic and cultural nationalism Chapter 6 Creating sovereignty: Religious authority, the social contract and the need for political friendship Part III The Postmodern Challenge to Nationalism and State Sovereignty Chapter 7 Nietzsche against the sovereign individual in the second essay of the Genealogy Chapter 8 What is a people? Part IV Contemporary Challenges to Global Citizenship Chapter 9 Rootedness and national identity in the twenty-first century Chapter 10 Honor, cynicism, and liberal education Chapter 11 Loving one’s own: Pathway to justice or retrograde tribalism? Chapter 12 Pierre Manent on the nation, humanity, and politics as the great mediation Index