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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial The articles in this issue discuss some of the political, ideological and sociological developments in a Western world undergoing restructuring. Hubert Landier emphasises what must be a personal approach to overcoming racism, that of an individual who, taking the risk of loneliness, refuses to allow others […]
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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial This issue further explores the multiple interpretations of cosmopolitanism and the phenomena referred to as “development” in contemporary contexts. Alain Policar points out that cosmopolitanism cannot be practically conceived without suspending the sense of belonging to a community or genealogical ancestry linked to […]
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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial Marc Luyckx Ghisi explores the various imaginable futures based on industrial or agricultural technologies, human trafficking or recent or emerging scientific knowledge, as long as politicians and the private players who make them available open the way. Terrestrial or extraterrestrial, the instruments available will […]
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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial Cosmopolitics has not ceased to evolve from its ancient foundations. Giuseppe Giliberti looks back at Seneca’s Cynic-Stoic philosophy at the beginning of the present era, and emphasizes the ideological nature of the legal principles that, in Roman times, established a dichotomy between freedom […]
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Editorial The field of international law continues to evolve, as Géraldine Giraudeau reminds us in discussing the responsibility of States faced with climate change. Its consideration by the International Court of Justice at the request of the United Nations General Assembly is one step in this direction, as are the opinions requested by various […]
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Editorial Olivier Beauvallet pays tribute to Benjamin Ferencz, who passed away last April, and recalls his essential role in the history of the 20th century as a prosecutor at Nuremberg, where he led the prosecution of the Einsatzgruppen (“death squads”) set up by Himmler and Heydrich in 1939 (see also the article by Benjamin […]
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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial François Misser‘s study addresses the contemporary chapter of China’s return to the international scene, here in the African context. This country has become Africa’s leading trading partner and is on the verge of overtaking all European players on the continent, while already […]
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Cosmopolis A Journal of Cosmopolitics Revue de cosmopolitique Editorial François Rastier‘s study is part of a body of research on the controversial issues of colonisation, decolonisation and related themes, such as cultural identity, race and gender. The author provides a critical reading to situate the ideological interpretations and the issues they […]
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Editorial These and other visions of the world evoked many questions that Marcel Comby tackles, from ancient myths and Christian theology to the computerised imagination of our contemporaries, from religious beliefs to scientific findings. He rejects any binary vision that would obscure the inevitable contradictions that such diversity generates. Alain Santacreu applies a […]
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Editorial The articles in this issue address some of the ideological openings and closures of contemporary societies, inspired by the zeitgeist or by the oldest religious doctrines. Marc Luyckx projects himself into a future which, after the COVID crisis, will challenge human societies and their political leaders with possible economic and financial crises and […]
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Presentation Nicole Morgan recounts some of the milestones of a North American presidency that grew out of a real estate world that erects towers to illustrate its omnipotence and, under the guise of adolescent whims, draws on pathological and symbolic tricks to undermine the institutions that its citizens support. Mohammad H. Tamdgidi undertakes to rebuild […]
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Editorial Dag Herbjørnsrud has constantly argued for a global history of ideas, which he illustrates here by rediscovering the original Nahua and Maya philosophies of Mexico and Guatemala, revealed here as a mirror for our era. Thanks to the comparative method, he explores the complexity of their thinking by highlighting their affinities with the […]
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Editorial This issue addresses various dimensions of what is now known as “transition”, whose concept has evolved from the designation of the transformation of an imperial order, a change of regime within the state framework or the modulation of interstate relations, to the uncertain construction of an unprecedented planetary order. It aims to reconcile a […]
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Cosmopolis Revue de cosmopolitique 2018/3-4 Presentation Gerardo Ceballos discusses the now well-known phenomenon of the “sixth extinction” of the living world, which is accelerating at the same time as greenhouse gas emissions on the planet continue to increase. He gives a direct account of this, reported from some regions where animal life […]
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Cosmopolis A Review of Cosmopolitics 2018/1-2 Presentation The Universal Declaration of Humankind Rights follows a report written by Corinne Lepage on request of French President François Hollande in June 2015. A final version was presented in September in that same year, which was submitted to the Conference of the States Parties (COP21) […]