Can cosmopolitanism help us address the main challenges of 21st century world politics? Compare cosmopolitanism and at least one other theory or school of thought covered on the module.
READINGS:
Kant, I. (no date). Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay. Available from https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/kant-perpetual-peace-a-philosophical-essay-1917-ed.
Read the ‘Third Definitive Article’ (p.137) – ‘”The rights of men, as citizens of the world, shall be limited to the conditions of universal hospitality”
Benhabib, S. (2004). On hospitality: rereading of Kant’s cosmopolitan right. The Rights of Others : Aliens, Residents, and Citizens. Cambridge University Press. Available from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/westminster/reader.action?docID=283582&ppg=39.
Appiah, K. (no date). Global Citizenship. Fordham Law Review,. Available from http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/flr75&id=2391.
Mignolo, W. (2010). Cosmopolitanism and the De-colonial Option. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 29 (2), 111–127. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-009-9163-1.
Marx, K. (no date). On the Jewish Question. Available from https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/.
Elman, C. and Jensen, M. (eds.). (2014a). Realism reader, First edition. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Available from https://www-taylorfrancis-com.uow.idm.oclc.org/books/9781315858579.
Read Chapter 2. pp.53-59 – Hans Morgenthau ‘A realist theory of international politics’ ON THE REALIST CRITIQUE OF LIBERALISM ALSO SEE EXCXERPTS FROM EH CARR ‘THE TWENTY YEARS’ CRISIS’
Burke, A. et al. (2016). Planet Politics: A Manifesto from the End of IR. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 44 (3), 499–523. Available from https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829816636674.
Harvard referencing system
Your goal is to answer the question not simply to write about the topic.
You need to tell us exactly what your answer is and to be specific. You need to do this in your introduction and then remind us at key points in the essay.
Your argument in support of this answer should form the main body of the essay
ESSAY STRUCTURE
Introduction
Provide a clear and direct answer to the question. Be specific! Summarise the steps of your argument. Be specific! What will you say/do at each point?
Main body
A series of steps providing arguments and evidence in support of your answer
What are your most interesting points? Include them here, not just in your conclusion!
Your explanations of key items of evidence
Your critical analyses of theories and ideas from the literature
Conclusion
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