Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence
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Nuria Sánchez Madrid
Nuria Sánchez Madrid is Full Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, co-coordinator of the Research Group GINEDIS and member of the INSTIFEM UCM. Her lines of research are social philosophy, cultural studies, and women’s studies. With a Kant-related background, her research approaches precarity, vulnerability, oppression, and social exclusion, focusing on the historical transformation of these topics and on the role of intellectual women as cultural actors. She has published with Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Lexington Books. She is currently PI of the Complutense team of the MSCA Project JUSTLA and is co-editor-in-chief ofCon-textos Kantianos. International Journal of Philosophy.
Abstract
This chapter aims to deliver an account of Kant’s cosmopolitan approach to the right of mobility focusing on the disparate scope this author assigns, on the one hand, to state sovereignty and, on the other, to the model of “sovereignty” shared in common by all human beings on the earth. I intend first to argue for a Kant-inspired normative theory of borders that does not legitimate any symbolic or material violence. Second, I will address Kant’s use of the role that borders are supposed to fulfill in the field of knowledge and on political philosophy. Third, I will parse out some flaws in Kant’s view of global human cohabitation in his theory of right. Fourth, I will break down the role that non-state people fulfill in Kant’s political philosophy for civilizing the role of borders. Finally, I will sketch the empirical traits of Kant’s ideal world traveler.
Abstract
This chapter aims to deliver an account of Kant’s cosmopolitan approach to the right of mobility focusing on the disparate scope this author assigns, on the one hand, to state sovereignty and, on the other, to the model of “sovereignty” shared in common by all human beings on the earth. I intend first to argue for a Kant-inspired normative theory of borders that does not legitimate any symbolic or material violence. Second, I will address Kant’s use of the role that borders are supposed to fulfill in the field of knowledge and on political philosophy. Third, I will parse out some flaws in Kant’s view of global human cohabitation in his theory of right. Fourth, I will break down the role that non-state people fulfill in Kant’s political philosophy for civilizing the role of borders. Finally, I will sketch the empirical traits of Kant’s ideal world traveler.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction 1
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Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
- Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
- Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
- Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
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Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
- The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
- Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
- No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
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Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
- The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
- Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
- Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Normative Accounts of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Order
- Borders, Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, and Global Mobility. A Kantian Account of Political Interdependence 7
- Cosmopolitanism and Political Realism: Kant’s Double Legacy and Contemporary Political Challenge 27
- Is Humanity (Morally) Progressing? Kant’s Philosophy of History under a Cosmopolitan Perspective 43
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Part II Kant’s Cosmopolitanism: Between Past and Future
- The Rights of Foreigners. Grotius, Pufendorf, and Kant 71
- Kant’s Cosmopolitan Philosophy in the Face of the Challenges of Migration 89
- No One Is Illegal (Only) in the Kingdom of Ends: Migration and the Double Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy 113
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Part III Contemporary Migration Under the Lens of Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right
- The Right to Dwell (Anywhere) on Earth and the Promise of Human Community 137
- Kant, Migration, and the Cosmopolitan Right Not to Be Treated with Hostility 159
- Kant and Migration: State and Demos Borders 181
- Author Index
- Subject Index
