Tag Archives: Cosmopolitanism
Global Privacy and the Particular Body Politic
Different countries have different privacy laws, and different attitudes towards what should be counted as private information. As Peter Fleischer rightly notes, this often means that citizens of various nation-states are often confused about their digital privacy protections – in … Continue reading
Genealogy and the ‘Net
I’ve recently had the pleasure of reading some of Foucault’s Society Must be Defended. Over the course of the book Foucault will be radically changing his early positions, and I hope to note and discuss these changes as I come … Continue reading
Review of “A cosmopolitan perspective on the global economic order” by Thoman Pogge
Pogge’s general assertion is that the West’s influence in shaping the existing global social conditions is continuing to promote a monumental level of suffering that has, and continues to, kill more people than either Hitler or Stalin. While these claims … Continue reading
“Principles of cosmopolitan order” by David Held
Cosmopolitanism, broadly speaking, reflects on ethical, cultural, and political issues from the position that states and political communities are not the exclusive centers of political order or force. Held begins his article in Brock’s and Brighouse’s The Political Philosophy of … Continue reading
