Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice. The volume contains a substantive introduction by Robert Post, the volume editor, and contributions by panelists Bonnie Honig, Will Kymlicka, and Jeremy Waldron.

This volume inaugurates a new interdisciplinary series of books based on the Tanner Lectures given at the University of California, Berkeley. The series aims to make these distinguished lectures, and the lively debates stimulated by their presentation in Berkeley, available to a broad readership.

A lively, accessible interpretation of the literary canon from one of today's most distinguished critics

A lively, accessible interpretation of the literary canon from one of today's most distinguished critics