Imperfect Cosmopolis

Dr. Georg Cavallar is a teacher and a lecturer at the departments of philosophy and educational science, University of Vienna. He has published on Kant's political philosophy, the history of international law, and educational philosophy.

*Introduction *Vitoria, Grotius, Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel: accomplices of European colonialism and exploitation, or true cosmopolitans? *British Enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism *Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism *Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe *Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross *Conclusion