Hegel and Global Justice

Hegel and Global Justice details the relevance of the thought of G. W. F. Hegel for the burgeoning academic discussions of the topic of global justice. Against the conventional view that Hegel has little constructive to offer to these discussions, this collection, drawing on the expertise of distinguished Hegel scholars and internationally recognized political and social theorists, explicates the contribution both of Hegel himself and his "dialectical" method to the analysis and understanding of a wide range of topics associated with the concept of global justice, construed very broadly. These topics include universal human rights, cosmopolitanism, and cosmopolitan justice, transnationalism, international law, global interculturality, a global poverty, cosmopolitan citizenship, global governance, a global public sphere, a global ethos, and a global notion of collective self-identity. Attention is also accorded the value of Hegel's account of mutual recognition for analysing themes in global justice, both as regards the politics of recognition at the global level and the conditions for a general account of relations of people and persons under conditions of globalization. In exploring these and related themes, the authors of this book regularly compare Hegel to others who have contributed to the discourse on global justice, including Kant, Marx, Rawls, Habermas, Singer, Pogge, Nussbaum, Appiah, and David Miller.

1. Hegel and Global Justice: An Introduction: Andrew Buchwalter. - 2. Hegel on Cosmopolitanism, International Relations, and the Challenges of Globalization: Steven V. Hicks. - 3. Contra Leviathan: Hegel' s Contribution to Cosmopolitan Critique: Robert Fine. - 4. Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice: Thom Brooks. - 5. Toleration, Social Identity, and International Justice in Rawls and Hegel: Maria Kowalski. - 6. Hegel, Civil Society, and Globalization: Peter G. Stillman. - 7. A Hegelian Approach to Global Poverty: Lydia L. Moland. - 8. The Coming World Welfare State Which Hegel Could Not See: Clark Butler. - 9. The Citizen of the European Union from a Hegelian Perspective: Paul Cobben. - 10. Hegel on War, Recognition, and Justice: Gary Browning. - 11. Hegel, Global Justice, and Mutual Recognition: Andrew Buchwalter.