Author: Burns, Tony
Title: Aristotle, Stoicism and Cosmopolitan Political Thought
Review/Collection: Cosmopolitanism: Past and Present, Conference University of Dundee, 6th-9th June 2007 , Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
Year edition: 2007
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Abstract - This is a conference paper which compares and contrasts the views of Aristotle and Cicero in relation to cosmopolitan political thought. The paper focuses on the issue of the social and political ’identity’ of the individual moral agent. It also distinguiishes between ’strong’ and ’weak’ versions of both ’cosmopolitanism’ and ’communitarianism.’ It argues that the views of Aristotle and Cicero are closer than is usually thought. Aristotle is more of a ’cosmopolitan’ and less of a ’communitarian’ thinker than is commonly supposed, whereas, on the other hand, Cicero is more of a ’communitarian’ and less of a ’cosmopolitan’ thinker.
Link: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1269/1/Aristotle%2C_Stoicism_and_Cosmopolitan_Political_Thought.pdf
Author initials: Burns 2007
Title: Aristotle, Stoicism and Cosmopolitan Political Thought
Review/Collection: Cosmopolitanism: Past and Present, Conference University of Dundee, 6th-9th June 2007 , Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
Year edition: 2007
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Abstract - This is a conference paper which compares and contrasts the views of Aristotle and Cicero in relation to cosmopolitan political thought. The paper focuses on the issue of the social and political ’identity’ of the individual moral agent. It also distinguiishes between ’strong’ and ’weak’ versions of both ’cosmopolitanism’ and ’communitarianism.’ It argues that the views of Aristotle and Cicero are closer than is usually thought. Aristotle is more of a ’cosmopolitan’ and less of a ’communitarian’ thinker than is commonly supposed, whereas, on the other hand, Cicero is more of a ’communitarian’ and less of a ’cosmopolitan’ thinker.
Link: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1269/1/Aristotle%2C_Stoicism_and_Cosmopolitan_Political_Thought.pdf
Author initials: Burns 2007
