Polis, Nation, Global Community : The Philosophic Foundations of Citizenship (Hardcover)

Part I: Ancient Conceptions of Polis and Empire 1.Citizenship and the Polis in Aristotle’s Politics Ann Ward 2. Cicero’s Empire of Wisdom Stephen Sims ? Part II: Modern Birth and Life of the Nation-State 3. Defining the Law of Nations: Revisions of Cicero’s ius gentium in Suarez, Grotius, and Burke Michael R. Gonzalez 4. The Creation of Man: Linguistic Reformation and the Necessity of the State in the Work of Thomas Hobbes Emma Planinc 5. Nation against Empire: J.G. Fichte on Economics and Cultural Nationalism Jeffrey Church 6. Religious Authority, the Social Contract and the Need for Political Friendship Karen Taliaferro ? Part II: The Postmodern Challenge to Nationalism and State Sovereignty 7. Nietzsche Against the Sovereign Individual in the Second Essay of the Genealogy Matthew Dinan 8. What is a People? Mark Blitz ? Part IV: Contemporary Challenges to the Global Citizenship 9. Rootedness and National Identity in the 21st Century Luma Simms 10. Honor, Cynicism, and Liberal Education Timothy Burns 11. Loving One’s Own: Pathway to Justice or Retrograde Tribalism? Leah Bradshaw 12. Pierre Manent on the Nation, Humanity, and Politics as the Great Mediation Trevor Shelley ?