Dialectics of Global Justice

Bryant William Sculos is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: From Here to There1. Assuming the Status Quo: Cosmopolitanism Takes on Capitalism2. The Capitalistic Mentality: Between Base and Superstructure3. Cosmopolitanism and the Dialectical Intervention of the Capitalistic Mentality4. Cosmopolitanism and Socialist Strategy: Class Struggle, Radical Reform, and PostcapitalismConclusion: Toward a Postcapitalistic MentalityAfterwordNotesReferencesIndex

"This unique argument, which advances cosmopolitanism through a critique of capitalism and ecologism, will fill a large gap within political science and international relations on the economic aspects of cosmopolitanism." — Shannon Brincat, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia"In a time when authoritarian populism, Covid-19, and climate change threaten the very foundation of institutions, we now, more than ever, need to question the failed promises of liberalism and cosmopolitan justice. Sculos addresses this growing need in three critical ways: by probing the contradictory limitations of cosmopolitanism, reengaging the often-overlooked ideas of Theodor Adorno and Erich Fromm, and reclaiming the ontological and practical possibilities of a post-capitalist justice. The result is an enriching and insightful book that deserves to be read by liberals, Marxists, and anyone interested in the big questions concerning twenty-first-century justice." — Steven C. Roach, author of Decency and Difference: Humanity and the Global Challenge of Identity Politics