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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2012

Pages: 65-83

Series: Studies in Global Justice

ISBN (Hardback): 9789048189953

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Thom Brooks, "Between statism and cosmopolitanism", in: Hegel and global justice, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Between statism and cosmopolitanism

Hegel and the possibility of global justice

Thom Brooks

pp. 65-83

in: Andrew Buchwalter (ed), Hegel and global justice, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Abstract

Some commentators on Hegel's political philosophy have doubted the possibility of a Hegelian theory of global justice. The argument is that Hegel's theory of international relations is classically realist in an extreme sense: not only is the state the locus of the highest sphere of political right, the only judge between states internationally is "history" rather than any global institution. Thus, Hegel appears to quite radically reject cosmopolitanism and perhaps even the idea of global justice. This essay will sympathetically engage with critics in trying to convince them of another possibility. I will argue that we can uncover a clear theory of global justice in Hegel's Philosophy of Right with clear connections with recent leading work by contemporary philosophers, such as David Miller and Martha Nussbaum. A Hegelian theory of global justice is possible and, I will try to argue, attractive.

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2012

Pages: 65-83

Series: Studies in Global Justice

ISBN (Hardback): 9789048189953

Full citation:

Thom Brooks, "Between statism and cosmopolitanism", in: Hegel and global justice, Berlin, Springer, 2012