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Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind Xunwu Chen

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind By Xunwu Chen

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind by Xunwu Chen


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This book explores the mind of our epoch, defined as the period since the Nuremberg Trial and the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It focuses on four central philosophical ideas of our time: global justice, cosmopolitanism, crimes against humanity, and cultural toleration.

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind Summary

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind by Xunwu Chen

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind explores the mind of our epoch, defined as the period since the Nuremberg Trial and the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. Xunwu Chen examines four defining ideas of this epoch-global justice, cosmopolitanism, crimes against humanity, and cultural toleration-as well as the structural relationships among these ideas. Chen argues that the mind of our epoch is essentially the mind of humanity. Its world view, horizon, standpoint, norms, standards, and vocabularies are of humanity, by humanity, and for humanity, and all are embodied in human institutions and practices throughout the globe. Meanwhile, our epochal mind has a dialectical relationship with particular cultures bearing normative force. As a metaphysical subjectivity and substance, humanity is the source of all human values in our epoch and defines what can and should be human values and virtues. Humankind, therefore, are a people with socio-political and legal sovereignty, sharing a common fate. This novel study brings a cross-cultural approach and will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy, political science, sociology, and the humanities more broadly.

Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind Reviews

This book addresses pressing and indeed momentous issues in an informed, thoughtful, and imaginative manner. The author displays wide ranging erudition but also deep-cutting thought, as he engages critically with social theorists of the first rank. -- Vincent Colapietro, Pennsylvania State University
Drawing on Aristotelian and continental philosophies, Professor Chen mounts a vigorous defense of global justice, cultural cosmopolitanism, and human rights. He provides sorely needed encouragement in a pessimistic age. -- Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University

About Xunwu Chen

Xunwu Chen is professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy & Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mind of Our Time

Chapter One: Global Justice

Chapter Two: Cosmopolitanism

Chapter Three: Crimes against Humanity

Chapter Four: Toleration and Global Justice

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Additional information

NLS9781498596350
9781498596350
1498596355
Global Justice and Our Epochal Mind by Xunwu Chen
New
Paperback
Lexington Books
2021-10-12
280
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