Global society and human rights /
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| Author / Creator: | Cotesta, Vittorio, 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. |
| Description: | ix, 175 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International comparative social studies ; v. 28 International comparative social studies ; v. 28. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8737200 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 1. Preface
- 2. The Structure of the Universe and the Shape of the Earth, or Imago Mundi
- 3. The Conflict of World-Images and the Identity of Europe
- 2. Knowledge Transmission and University of Man in Global Society
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The University of Man: The Evolving Process in the Greek and Roman World
- 3. The Universal Mission of Islam and the Selective Reception of Greek Knowledge
- 4. Modernity and Global Society
- 5. Global Society as the Field for the Realization of Man's University
- 3. The Other and the Paradoxes of Universalism
- 1. Cultural Patterns and the Status of the Other
- 2. Main Models of 'I-Other' Relationships
- 3. We, Humanity; They, the Barbarians
- 3.1. The Persian Model, or the Irrelevance of the Other
- 3.2. The Other as a Product of the Same, or the Enemy within
- 4. Universalism and Brotherhood
- 4.1. The Stoic and Jewish-Christian Models
- 4.2. Variations on the Theme of Universality of Man and Universal Brotherhood
- 5. The Status of the Other in Contemporary Society
- 6. The Internal Paradox of the I-Other Relationship
- 6.1. The Structural Paradox. Global Society vs. Nation-State
- 6.2. The Economic Paradox, Certain Benefits and Possible Conflicts
- 6.3. The Cultural Paradox. The Conflict over Identity
- 4. Religion, Human Rights and Political Conflicts
- 1. The Destruction of the Twin Towers - a Clash of Civilizations?
- 2. Many Modernizations in the Era of Globalization
- 3. The Transformation of War
- 4. Religion and Just War
- 4.1. In the Name of Allah
- 4.2. 'Civil Religion' as Legitimisation of 'Just War'
- 5. The Meaning of 11 September 2001
- 5. Europe: Common Values and a Common Identity
- 1. Preface
- 2. The Religious Foundations of the Value of the Individual
- 3. The Rational Foundation of the Value of the Individual
- 4. Religion and Secularization
- 5. The Tensions and the Aberrations of Secularization
- 6. Human Rights and European Identity
- 6. The Public Sphere and Political Space
- 1. The Bourgeois Public Sphere
- 2. The Complex History of the Public/Private Dichotomy
- 3. The Many Shapes of the Public Sphere
- 4. Human Rights and the Public Sphere
- 5. Cultural Pluralism and the Public Sphere
- 6. Religion and Politics
- 7. America and Europe: Carl Schmitt and Alexis de Tocqueville
- 1. Two Nostalgic Points of Views
- 2. Jus Publicum Europaeum as Nomos of the Global World
- 2.1. The Nomos of the Earth
- 2.2. The First Spatial Revolution and the New Unique World
- 2.3. The Jus Publicum Europaeum
- 2.4. The Crisis of Jus Publicum Europaeum and American Imperialism
- 3. America Envisages the Destiny of Europe
- 3.1. A Fresh Glance at Society
- 3.2. In America there is No Recollection of Class Division
- 3.3. Conclusion
- 8. Identity and Human Rights: A Glance at Europe from Afar
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Removing the Dust Sheets. The African Renaissance
- 2.1. The Question of Rationality and Humanity
- 2.2. Societies, Democracy, Human Rights
- 3. Provincializing Europe
- 4. World Government and the Neo-Confucian Perspective
- 5. Europe: Between Fascination and Rejection
- 9. Human Rights, Universalism and Cosmopolitanism
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
