En los márgenes del Estado moderno : Teoría crítica y derecho

The international order that emerged after World War II is undergoing a profound crisis. Wars, inequalities, and the erosion of international law pose an urgent challenge to the universal ideals of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. In this book, Seyla Benhabib defends the enduring relevance of the universalist project through a critical reading of Western modernity. Drawing on the best insights of social theory and the liberal Kantianism of Rawls and Dworkin, she proposes reconstructing a moral, legal, and political universalism that rescues the basic principles of international law and global politics from a more inclusive perspective. With an incisive eye that encompasses everything from popular sovereignty to climate change, including the right of asylum and postcolonial thought, Benhabib offers a vigorous defense of human rights and cosmopolitanism in a time marked by skepticism, extremism, and political nihilism.