Anand Bertrand Commissiong is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University.

• Introduction Local and Global: Notes from Recent US Elections “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world” The Market Mind-set and the Faith in the Market Cosmopolitan Ideas in Modernity Issues of Definition Part 1: Ancient and Modern Sources and Contexts1 Ancient and Modern Cosmopolitanisms Ancient and Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Modern and Contemporary Contexts A Survey of the Varieties of Cosmopolitanism in Modernity Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism 2 The Rise of Economic Individualism and the Development of the Commercial Community A Crisis of Conscience: The Crumbling Sacred Canopy and the Changing Sources of AuthorityGlobalization: The Sheltering MarketThe Heart of EmpireCosmopolitanism vs. Globalization: The Responsibilities of Freedom Part 2: Contemporary Cosmopolitanisms3 Martha Nussbaum and the Individual at the Center: Liberties and Capabilities, Theory and Practice Theory: Stoic Theories of Reason, Association, and Moral DevelopmentPractice: Action and Conflicting Duties The Capabilities ApproachUniversal Values and the Primacy of the Individual 4 Jürgen Habermas and the Individual in Community: Freedom and Responsibility in the Nation-State “Perpetual Peace”: Kant’s Cosmopolitan Idea ReconsideredThe Rule of Law and Popular Sovereignty in Modern DemocracyHabermas’s Linguistic TurnGlobalization and the Post-National ConstellationHabermas: A Critical Appraisal5 David Held: Freedom and Accountability Beyond the Nation-State The Interstate System and Modern Democracy The Nation-State: Its Uses and AbusesInternational Accountability and Enforcement National and International Public Spheres Transnational Public Spheres and Transnational Solidarity Part 3: Restating the Case6 Cosmopolitan Virtues for a Modern World Fracturing of the Fatal Circle(s) Heterogeneity and Solidarity 7 Cosmopolitanism Law The New New World Order: Unfinished Business Cosmopolitanism and the Left: The Theory and Practice of Cosmopolitan LawStoic Cosmopolitanism Today8 Conclusion: Our Futures, TogetherThe One and the Universal Our Post-National Futures, Unavoidably Side by Side Bibliography

Anand Commissiong provides an insightful and erudite discussion of a crucial topic for all progressive thinkers and activists. All of us will surely benefit from this impressive book.

Anand Bertrand Commissiong is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University.

• Introduction Local and Global: Notes from Recent US Elections “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world” The Market Mind-set and the Faith in the Market Cosmopolitan Ideas in Modernity Issues of Definition Part 1: Ancient and Modern Sources and Contexts1 Ancient and Modern Cosmopolitanisms Ancient and Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Modern and Contemporary Contexts A Survey of the Varieties of Cosmopolitanism in Modernity Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism 2 The Rise of Economic Individualism and the Development of the Commercial Community A Crisis of Conscience: The Crumbling Sacred Canopy and the Changing Sources of AuthorityGlobalization: The Sheltering MarketThe Heart of EmpireCosmopolitanism vs. Globalization: The Responsibilities of Freedom Part 2: Contemporary Cosmopolitanisms3 Martha Nussbaum and the Individual at the Center: Liberties and Capabilities, Theory and Practice Theory: Stoic Theories of Reason, Association, and Moral DevelopmentPractice: Action and Conflicting Duties The Capabilities ApproachUniversal Values and the Primacy of the Individual 4 Jürgen Habermas and the Individual in Community: Freedom and Responsibility in the Nation-State “Perpetual Peace”: Kant’s Cosmopolitan Idea ReconsideredThe Rule of Law and Popular Sovereignty in Modern DemocracyHabermas’s Linguistic TurnGlobalization and the Post-National ConstellationHabermas: A Critical Appraisal5 David Held: Freedom and Accountability Beyond the Nation-State The Interstate System and Modern Democracy The Nation-State: Its Uses and AbusesInternational Accountability and Enforcement National and International Public Spheres Transnational Public Spheres and Transnational Solidarity Part 3: Restating the Case6 Cosmopolitan Virtues for a Modern World Fracturing of the Fatal Circle(s) Heterogeneity and Solidarity 7 Cosmopolitanism Law The New New World Order: Unfinished Business Cosmopolitanism and the Left: The Theory and Practice of Cosmopolitan LawStoic Cosmopolitanism Today8 Conclusion: Our Futures, TogetherThe One and the Universal Our Post-National Futures, Unavoidably Side by Side Bibliography

Anand Commissiong provides an insightful and erudite discussion of a crucial topic for all progressive thinkers and activists. All of us will surely benefit from this impressive book.

Anand Bertrand Commissiong is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University.

• Introduction Local and Global: Notes from Recent US Elections “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world” The Market Mind-set and the Faith in the Market Cosmopolitan Ideas in Modernity Issues of Definition Part 1: Ancient and Modern Sources and Contexts1 Ancient and Modern Cosmopolitanisms Ancient and Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Modern and Contemporary Contexts A Survey of the Varieties of Cosmopolitanism in Modernity Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism 2 The Rise of Economic Individualism and the Development of the Commercial Community A Crisis of Conscience: The Crumbling Sacred Canopy and the Changing Sources of AuthorityGlobalization: The Sheltering MarketThe Heart of EmpireCosmopolitanism vs. Globalization: The Responsibilities of Freedom Part 2: Contemporary Cosmopolitanisms3 Martha Nussbaum and the Individual at the Center: Liberties and Capabilities, Theory and Practice Theory: Stoic Theories of Reason, Association, and Moral DevelopmentPractice: Action and Conflicting Duties The Capabilities ApproachUniversal Values and the Primacy of the Individual 4 Jürgen Habermas and the Individual in Community: Freedom and Responsibility in the Nation-State “Perpetual Peace”: Kant’s Cosmopolitan Idea ReconsideredThe Rule of Law and Popular Sovereignty in Modern DemocracyHabermas’s Linguistic TurnGlobalization and the Post-National ConstellationHabermas: A Critical Appraisal5 David Held: Freedom and Accountability Beyond the Nation-State The Interstate System and Modern Democracy The Nation-State: Its Uses and AbusesInternational Accountability and Enforcement National and International Public Spheres Transnational Public Spheres and Transnational Solidarity Part 3: Restating the Case6 Cosmopolitan Virtues for a Modern World Fracturing of the Fatal Circle(s) Heterogeneity and Solidarity 7 Cosmopolitanism Law The New New World Order: Unfinished Business Cosmopolitanism and the Left: The Theory and Practice of Cosmopolitan LawStoic Cosmopolitanism Today8 Conclusion: Our Futures, TogetherThe One and the Universal Our Post-National Futures, Unavoidably Side by Side Bibliography

Anand Commissiong provides an insightful and erudite discussion of a crucial topic for all progressive thinkers and activists. All of us will surely benefit from this impressive book.