CALL FOR PAPERS
Free Online International Conference
Cosmopolitan Citizenship
NOVA SCHOOL OF LAW
27-28 June 2022
A key question of cosmopolitanism is how to democratize the global system. How to transpose principles and practices that have been created within the framework of the nation-state into this global system? How to develop new forms of democracy with something other than a territorial foundation? How to go beyond national citizenship if there is no formal cosmopolitan citizenship? Which plausible conception of organization, praxis and historical transformation would then correspond to it? There is no democratic representation in the most influential international organizations and global institutions of governance. On the other hand, there are a number of forms of association in civil society that transcend borders, creating new forms of citizenship - citizenship in network, in contrast to territorial citizenship - what Balibar calls cosmopolitics.
Modern political theory conceived the exercise of democratic citizenship and legitimate representation as fully exercised only within the framework of local political institutions, but the theory of justice has been increasingly developing in the last years to conceive new forms of democracy and citizenship beyond the state as well. If the state still makes strong, imposing changes in the global order, in some domains the behaviour of individual actors can decisively shape global politics.
Cosmopolitan citizenship does not exist as a legal and political status but as a practice of cross-border associations of individuals in any form of organization (institutionalized or not). A critical cosmopolitanism has to provide a conception of cosmopolitan citizenship that differs from those of "world society," "world public sphere," or "collective conscience," since it focuses on political participation and not on consensus. It also provides a reformulation of the liberal theory of democratic representation: transnational civil associations do not have the moment of "authorization," but they do have the moments of "control" and "accountability."
This conference invites contributions that explore the democratization of transnational relations and new forms of transnational citizenship
Languages of communication include English, French,
Portuguese and Spanish.
The abstract for a 20-minutes presentation has to be submitted by
20 May 2022
using the 'SUBMIT ABSTRACT HERE' button below.
The list of the selected participants will be posted on the conference webpage, section 'Participants' on 31 May.
