Preface p. ix Acknowledgements p. xviii 1 Taking the ?ism? out of cosmopolitanism: laying out the field p. 1 The new cosmopolitanism within the social sciences p. 2 Ulrich Beck and the critique of methodological nationalism p. 6 The critique of the critique of methodological nationalism p. 9 Post-universalism and the modern state p. 14 The cosmopolitan vision p. 17 Cosmopolitanism and its critics p. 19 2 Cosmopolitanism and natural law: Kant and Hegel p. 22 Kant?s theory of cosmopolitanism p. 22 Hegel?s critique of Kant?s cosmopolitanism p. 29 Violence and the modern state p. 36 3 Cosmopolitanism and political community: the equivocations of constitutional patriotism p. 39 Constitutional patriotism and cosmopolitanism p. 41 Constitutional patriotism and German nationalism p. 44 Constitutional patriotism and the turn to Europe p. 48 Constitutional patriotism and democracy p. 52 Cosmopolitanism and natural law theory p. 56 4 Cosmopolitanism and international law: from the ?law of peoples? to the ?constitutionalisation of international law? p. 59 Cosmopolitan democracy and global civil society p. 60 John Rawls and the Law of Peoples p. 63 The constitutionalisation of international law p. 69 The limits of constitutionalisation p. 73 5 Cosmopolitanism and humanitarian military intervention: war, peace and human rights p. 78 Dealing with ambivalence p. 82 Debasing the coinage p. 90 Law and judgement p. 93 6 Cosmopolitanism and punishment: prosecuting crimes against humanity p. 96 Arendt and Jaspers: Nuremberg p. 97 Arendt and Jaspers: the Eichmann trial p. 101 Strategies of denial p. 104 Cosmopolitanism and Holocaust uniqueness p. 111 7 Cosmopolitanism and the life of the mind: the critique of nihilism p. 115 The equivocations of thinking p. 118 The equivocations of willing p. 122 Judgement and understanding p. 125 Nihilism and cosmopolitanism p. 130 Conclusion: the elements of a cosmopolitan social theory p. 133 Bibliography p. 155 Index p. 171