Kant's Embedded Cosmopolitanism : History, Philosophy and Education for World Citizens.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Types of cosmopolitanisms -- 1.2 The new Kant -- 1.3 Was Kant really a cosmopolitan? -- 1.4 Kant's embedded and dynamic cosmopolitanism -- 1.5 Outline of the book -- 2 Cosmopolitanisms in Kant's philosophy -- 2.1 Cosmopolitanisms according to Kant -- 2.2 The concept of the highest good: immanent or transcendent? -- 2.3 Kant's philosophy of history: The manipulation, education o self-education of humankind? -- 2.4 The ethical commonwealth: the duty of the human race towards itself -- 3 Kant's right of world citizens: a historical interpretation -- 3.1 Kant's commercial cosmopolitanism -- 3.2 The historical context I: international legal theory -- 3.3 The historical context II: the spirit of commerce, the four-stage theory, doux commerce, global integration, and mutual self-interest -- 4 Educating Émile: Rousseau on embedded cosmopolitanism -- 4.1 Rousseau's attack on forms of cosmopolitanism -- 4.2 Rousseau's tentative republican cosmopolitanism -- 4.3 Rousseau's vision of cosmopolitan education -- 4.4 The limitations of Rousseau's approach -- 5 Sources of Kant's cosmopolitanism: Basedow, Rousseau, and cosmopolitan education -- 5.1 Johann Bernhard Basedow: a cosmopolitan-minded educational reformer -- 5.2 Kant's assessment of Basedow's educational theory -- 5.3 Rousseau: The split between cosmopolitan homme and patriotic citoyen -- 5.4 Reinterpreting Rousseau: dynamic moral cosmopolitanism -- 6 Taking a detour: Kant's theory of moral cosmopolitan formation -- 6.1 An outline of moral education according to Kant -- 6.2 Education following Kantian principles as cosmopolitan formation -- 7 Res publica: Kant on cosmopolitical formation -- 7.1 The republican tradition and the Kantian republic -- 7.2 Cosmopolitical education according to Kant.

7.3 Kant's vision of progress in a genuine republic -- 8 Conclusion: From Kant to the present -- 8.1 From cosmopolitanism to nation states in German philosophy: Schiller, Novalis, Fichte, Hegel, Herbart (1795-1835) -- 8.2 Kant's cosmopolitanism as a historical phenomenon: metaphysics, history, contingency -- 8.3 Kant's legacy and the new cosmopolitanism -- 8.4 Kant's didactics, contemporary discourses, and cultural developments -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Index of names.

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