On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish date: 06/01/2001
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From the early Stoics to Kant's idea of "perpetual peace", cosmopolitanism has been at the heart of philosophical and political thinking about justice. Derrida asks whether it is still possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face of increasing nationalism and civil strife in many countries.
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