Georg Cavallar: 3 books

It is often assumed that cosmopolitan thinkers since the Renaissance have simply adopted and refined concepts from classical antiquity. This study argues that modern European cosmopolitanism should be perceived as a unique phenomenon, distinct from Greek and Roman forms of cosmopolitan thinking. One...

This study investigates the thinking of European authors from Vitoria to Kant about political justice, the global community, and the rights of strangers as one special form of interaction among individuals of divergent societies, political communities, and cultures. Taking an interdisciplinary approach,...

Häufig wird in politischen Feuilletons und in der gesellschaftlichen Debatte "dem" Islam unterstellt, er sei archaisch und kaum entwickelt, weil er im Gegensatz zu Europa keine Phase der Aufklärung durchlaufen habe. Unklar bleibt dabei aber häufig, was überhaupt unter Aufklärung zu verstehen...