This thesis consists of a thorough analysis and subsequent critical review of Ulrich
Beck's cosmopolitan proposal. I basically challenge his three main normative
assumptions: national secularism, community of risk and cosmopolitan empire. I do so
by critically addressing his understanding of nations and nationalism from the
perspective of the literature on minority nations. My approach offers a nuanced moral,
political and legal understanding of Beck's cosmopolitan view. That is to say, the
analytical ...
This thesis consists of a thorough analysis and subsequent critical review of Ulrich
Beck's cosmopolitan proposal. I basically challenge his three main normative
assumptions: national secularism, community of risk and cosmopolitan empire. I do so
by critically addressing his understanding of nations and nationalism from the
perspective of the literature on minority nations. My approach offers a nuanced moral,
political and legal understanding of Beck's cosmopolitan view. That is to say, the
analytical review aims to highlight both the aspects of his proposal which I consider
valuable as well as the aspects that need to be nuanced or criticised in order to
strengthen his cosmopolitan account. The contribution of the thesis is to merge the
normative cosmopolitan debates with the more accurate understanding of nations and
nationalism offered by the literature on minority nations. In addition, it strengthens key
aspects of Ulrich Beck’s proposal. The thesis addresses the interaction between the
European Court of Human Rights and the United Kingdom as a case study to prove the
extent to which Beck's cosmopolitan proposal offers a valid theoretical frame to address
transnational challenges such as Human Rights protection.
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Doctoretza tesi honetan Ulrich Beck pentsalariaren proposamen kosmopolitaren analisi
sakon eta horri dagokion azterketa kritikoa jorratu ditut. Laburbilduz, bere hiru oinarri
normatiboak eztabaidatzen ditut: sekularismo nazionala, arrisku komunitatea eta inperio
kosmopolita hain zuzen ere. Horretarako estatu gabeko nazioen inguruko literaturan
oinarrituz bere lanean agerian geratzen den nazio eta nazionalismoaren ulerpena
zalantzan jartzen ditut. Nire gerturapen kritikoak, hala, bere proposamen kosmopolitari
ñabardura ...
Doctoretza tesi honetan Ulrich Beck pentsalariaren proposamen kosmopolitaren analisi
sakon eta horri dagokion azterketa kritikoa jorratu ditut. Laburbilduz, bere hiru oinarri
normatiboak eztabaidatzen ditut: sekularismo nazionala, arrisku komunitatea eta inperio
kosmopolita hain zuzen ere. Horretarako estatu gabeko nazioen inguruko literaturan
oinarrituz bere lanean agerian geratzen den nazio eta nazionalismoaren ulerpena
zalantzan jartzen ditut. Nire gerturapen kritikoak, hala, bere proposamen kosmopolitari
ñabardura moral, politiko eta legalak egiten dizkio. Hau da, tesian egindako errepaso
analitikoak bere azalpen kosmopolitan agerikoak diren bertuteak azpimarratzeaz gain,
hura sendotze arren kritikoki argitu naiz zehaztu beharko liratekeen gabeziak
nabarmentzen ditu. Tesiaren ekarpen garrantzitsuena eztabaida kosmopolita nagusiak
estatu gabeko nazioen inguruko literaturak nazio eta nazionalismoaren inguruan
eskaintzen dituen irakurketa sakonak bateratzea litzateke. Hortaz gain, Ulrich Becken
proposameneko elementu zentralak sendotzea du helburu. Azkenik, tesiak Giza
Eskubideen Europako Auzitegia eta Erresuma Batuaren arteko interakzioa naiz
tentsioak aztertuko ditu, hain zuzen ere Becken
proposamen kosmopolitak Giza
Eskubideen babesa bezalako erronka transnazionalak bideratzeko balio ote duen
frogatzeko.
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Programa de doctorat en Humanitats