Cosmopolitanisms in Enlightenment Europe and Beyond

Nine essays examine cosmopolitanism as a language of identity and a vocabulary for speaking about the world as a whole, Rousseau’s doctrine of war and its place in his political thought, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s vocal support of French imperialism as a curious relationship between liberalism and imperialism. Contributors also consider whether common European law existed in the early modern period, whether cosmopolitanism can be observed in the cultural discourses of the 19th century Ottoman and Russian empires, and whether Napoleonic constitutionalism paved the way for legal universalism. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Monica Garcia-Salmones (Dr. Juris from the University of Helsinki, 2012) is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, within the Academy of Finland project ?Intellectual History of International Law: Empire and Religion?. Her research interests include international legal theories, positivism, economic positivism and legal philosophy. She addresses these in her forthcoming book The Project of Positivism in International Law (2013).
Pamela Slotte (Dr. Theol. from Abo Akademi University, 2005) is Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow at the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, and Adjunct Professor of Theological Ethics with Philosophy of Religion at Abo Akademi University. Her current research focuses on the concept of religious freedom and the management of the sacred in international human rights law.