Justice, Community and Dialogue in International Relations

A philosophical hermeneutic study of the problem of cultural diversity and international morality.

Introduction; 1. Beyond the cosmopolitan/communitarian divide; 2. Communication and community in interpretative theories of international relations; 3. Emancipation and legislation: the boundaries of conversation in poststructuralism and the critical theory of IR; 4. Philosophical hermeneutics: understanding, practical reasoning and human solidarity; 5. Philosophical hermeneutics and its critics; 6. Towards a thin cosmopolitanism.