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Addresses the issue of whether cultural sensitivity in the US, in terms of categories such as Native American, African American, or Latin American, has helped to resolve conflicts stemming from cultural differences. Two differing philosophical approaches to dealing with cultural conflict (avoiding & not avoiding cultural particularities) are discussed as they apply to European philosophical tradition & Brazilian cultural identity. It is argued that political & social theories promoting secularism & tolerance have increased awareness of the importance of ethnic, religious, & gender differences & their resulting conflicts. The syncretic ideal in Brazil, which promoted the fusion of all races, was seen as the answer to cultural conflict. However, it is suggested that the appropriation & displacement of ethnic identity, especially African culture, is adverse to an ideal of the nation-state. Predicates such as African, Latin, & Native stem from a history of exclusion & affirm a political & cultural identity in exclusivistic terms tied to a given territory. J. Lindroth

Connecting three generations of critical theorists, this edited collection focuses on the mutual complementarity between the concept of "human dignity" and the theory and practice of human rights. Human dignity has recently emerged as a controversial theme in the philosophy of human rights and has become the subject of a growing debate involving theological, political, juridical, moral, and biomedical perspectives. Previously, interpretations of this concept took for granted specific definitions of this term without accounting for the perspective offered by a "Critical Theory of Human Rights." This interdisciplinary perspective relies on a tradition that goes from Immanuel Kant to Jürgen Habermas, influences new generations, and sheds more light on how human dignity is used (and abused) in contemporary discourses. Based on this tradition, the contributors sustain an engaged discussion of the topic and address issues such as domination, colonialism, multiculturalism, globalization, and cosmopolitanism. Informed by different contexts, each author offers a unique contribution to distinctive aspects of the necessary internal correlation between human dignity and human rights.

Introduction; Sybille De La Rosa and Darren O'Byrne 1. - I: The Debate on Cosmopolitism and Connected Discourses . - 1. Humanity, Rights and the Ideal of Critical Cosmopolitanism; Amos Nascimento 13. - 2. A Feminist Cosmopolitanism: Relational or Non-Relational; Angie Pepper 39. - II: The Challenges of Intercultural Communication. - 3. Finding the Universality Beyond Language and Culture: Comparative Political Theory and the Cosmopolitanism of Wang Yangming and Immanuel Kant; Sae Hee Lee 61 . - 4. Back to the Future: Post-Multiculturalism, Immanent Cosmopolitanism; Sneja Gunew 81. - 5. Writing - Through a Critical Cosmopolitan Lens; Anne Surma 99. - 6. A New Cosmopolitan World History?: Polycentrism and Beyond; Martin Hewson 119. - III: The Challenges of Pluralism and Difference . - 7. The Cosmopolitan Ideal and the Civilizing Process: Expanding Citizenship for Peace; Geneviève Souillac 137. - 8. Critical Cosmopolitan Democracy and Representation; Sybille De La Rosa 157 . - 9. Jacques Derrida and the Case of Cosmopolitanism: 'Cities of Refuge' in the Twenty-First Century; Spiros Makris 177

Hervorgegangen aus dem Forschungsprojekt Saisir l'Europe - Europa als Herausforderung versammeln diese Bände Beiträge in deutscher und französischer Sprache zu Konzepten der Nachhaltigkeit und der ökologischen Transition. Im Zentrum des ersten Bandes stehen ethische und epistemologische Fragen: Wie und für wen soll Nachhaltigkeit gestaltet werden? Wie sollen dabei die natürlichen Grenzen des Planeten und die Phänomene des Anthropozäns berücksichtigt werden? Außerdem wird diskutiert, wie diese Konzepte in verschiedenen Disziplinen - Geschichte, Soziologie, Geografie - reflektiert werden. Der zweite Band umfasst Analysen politischer, ökonomischer und sozialer Fragen, die bei der Formulierung und Umsetzung von Zielen des Umweltschutzes, der Nachhaltigkeit und der ökologischen Transition eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Hier werden auch wichtige Akteure, ihre Initiativen und Praktiken vorgestellt.