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Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist leicht berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the dust jacket is slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy without annotations. - Contents Preface Introduction 1 Origins of Cosmopolitan Ideas Decline of the Greek polis Alexander the Great The Stoics The Graeco-Roman legacy 2 The Christian Renewal of the Roman Empire Medieval myth and reality The age of Dante Twin rebirths of the Renaissance Two medieval footnotes The Christian-Imperial style of thought 3 Reactions Against Power Politics World union without world empire The Enlightenment cast of mind Schemes in the age of reason and revolution Search for a modem cosmopolitan mode of thought 4 The Era of Worries and Ambitions Pragmatism and hesitation Strong league and widespread functionalism World federalism From fallowness to richness of thought 5 Ideology and Science Totalitarian projects H. G. Wells and the technological imperative History and science as motive forces 6 Last Decades of the Second Millennium Impulses since the Second World War Plans for the United Nations Functionalism and federalism continued Full circle: world citizenship Confusion before a synthesis? 7 Final Considerations Words, ideas and meanings Denial of the cosmopolitan ideal Why and how the idea has persisted Current thinking References and Notes Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780333602317