Richard A Falk

Patriotism to the Earth

A Quest for Humane Global Governance

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Produktbeschreibung

In another soon-to-be-classic, Richard Falk provides a hopeful call to action to avert sleepwalking toward a collective species death wish, and to reimagine allegiance to the nation state instead as a humane patriotism for sustainability and ecological viability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781538196878
• ISBN-10: 1538196875
• Artikelnr.: 72017948

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Falk

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Knowledge and Activism without Adaptation or Justice
Historical Circumstances
Dysfunctional Structures, Norms, and Ideologies
Evolutionary Relevance
References
Part I: A Frame for Inquiry
1. Toward a Global Imaginary for the 21st Century
Explaining the Gaps
Four Fundamental Features of the Westphalian World Order
Modifying Expectations
References
1. Nonviolent Geopolitics: Law, Politics, and 21st Century Security
The UN Charter and a Legalistic Approach to Nonviolent Geopolitics
The Political/Ethical Argument for Nonviolent Geopolitics
Concluding Observations: Opportunities, Challenges, Tendencies
References
1. Failures of Legitimacy: Global Governance and International Relations
Global Governance and Legitimacy after World War I
Global Governance and Legitimacy Crises after World War II
Global Governance and Legitimacy Crises during the Cold War
Global Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Era of Neoliberal
Globalization
Failures of Global Governance in the 21st Century
A Concluding Comment
References
1. A Pluralist Cosmopolitanism
Preliminary Consideration
A Framework for Assessment
Why and Which Cosmopolitanism?
A Concluding Note
References
1. Global Contexts of Power
Decolonization and the Decline of Hard Power
International Intervention
Post-9/11 Forms of Power
Consequences
Conclusion
1. Constitutional Guidelines for Global Governance
Old Realism versus New Realism
Rethinking the Westphalia Structure of World Order
Reform Proposals within a Westphalian Framing: An Independently Funded UN
Emergency Peace Force, Global Parliament, Peoples Tribunals
Toward an International Rule of Law
Subverting Westphalia
References
Part II: Pillars of Order: Horizons of Aspiration
1. International Law: Overcoming War and Collective Violence
International Law as it Emerged in Europe
The Westphalian System
Just War Tradition
Primacy of Geopolitics
Outlawing War
Paradigm Shift
Reimagining Law and War
Reclaiming Realism
Envisioning Structural Reform
Avenues of Endeavor
The Archetypal Struggle Against Nuclearism
The Non-proliferation Treaty & Geopolitical Enforcement Regime
Treaty of Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): Abolition Aspirations
No First Use (NFU) of Nuclear Weapons
Managing the Global Ecosystem
Challenging Informal Censorship
Revisioning Citizenship
References
1. Appropriating Normative Geopolitics: Civil Society, International
Law, and the Future of the United Nations
Points of Departure
Global North Critical Expositions of International Law
The Question of Agency: Military and Political Ascendancy
The UN Fits In
Note on the UN and the Israel/Palestine Conflict
A Concluding Note
References
1. Global Inequality and Human Rights: An Odd Couple
Inequality Discourse in the United States and the Global South
Explaining the Disconnect
A Reframing of Human Rights and Inequality
Toward a 'Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Inequalities of Income
and Wealth'
Concluding Remarks
References
1. International Law and Transformative Innovations: The Case of
Criminal Accountability
Point of Departure
A Conceptual Prologue
For and Against Normative Determinism
The Nuremberg Judgment
Beyond Nuremberg
References
1. Peoples Tribunals, and the Peace Movement's Quest for Justice
The Judicial Dimension of Global Governance
Civil Society Justice
Investigating State Criminality
References
1. Reparations, International Law, and Global (In)Justice: Extensions of
Reparations to Global Governance
A New Frontier
Points of Departure
International Law: Authority and Instruments
Shadows of Misunderstanding
Some Limiting Conditions
Unevenness of Material Circumstances
Remoteness in Time
Absence of Individuation
Generality of Obligation
Extreme Selectivity
What International Law Can Do
References
1. Transformational Justice in a Neoliberal and Statist World Order
Transitional and Transformational Justice: Conceptual Points of Departure
The Transformational Option After World War II
World Order Constraints on Transitional and Transformational Justice
The Failures of Transition in the Arab Spring
The Iranian/Islamic Revolution: A Sustained Transition and a Successful
Transformation
Applying the Lessons of Transition and Transformation to the
Palestine/Israel Struggle
The Liberal Bias Toward Transition without Transformation
Concluding Observations
References
1. Revisiting the Earth Charter
References
Part III: Varieties of Cosmopolitanism
1. Fred Dallmayr's Visionary Cosmopolitanism
Sources of Inspiration
Choosing the Road of Spiritual Cosmopolitanism
A Concluding Comment
References
1. Father Miguel D'Escoto's The Spiritual Sources of Legal Creativity
References
1. David Ray Griffin' Postmodern Politics and Spirituality: Do We Need
(or Want) World Government?
Why a Democratic World Government is Necessary
Why a Democratic World Government is Possible
Why the Advocacy of a Democratic Global Government is Not Desirable
References
1. Edward Demenchonok's Visionary Cosmopolitanism
A Cosmopolitan Visionary for Our Time
References
1. Global Solidarity: Toward a Politics of Impossibility
The Imprisoned Imagination
On what is possible
References
1. Global Solidarity as the Vital Precondition to Cosmopolitan
Transition
Do We Have the Time?
Concluding Remark
About the Author