Transcendence: On Self-Determination and Cosmopolitanism

by Mitchell Aboulafia

Book Overview

Notions of self-determination are central to modern politics, yet the relationship between the self-determination of individuals and peoples has not been adequately addressed, nor adequately allied to cosmopolitanism. Transcendence seeks to rectify this by offering an original theory of self and society. It highlights overlooked affinities between existentialism and pragmatism and compares figures central to these traditions. The book's guiding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804770190
• ISBN13: 9780804770194
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"