Cosmopolitan Global Politics

IF 1.1 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Richard Beardsworth
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I met Patrick in the summer of 2008 in St Andrews at the opening conference of the Journal of International Political Theory, which he and Tony Lang organized: “Thinking (With)Out Borders: International Political Theory in the 21st Century.” The conference, as with succeeding ones, brought together many theorists engaged in making International Relations theory more sophisticated by bringing to it the traditions of Political Theory and Political Philosophy. I will always recall Patrick’s disposition at the conference: welcoming, sincere, critical, cosmopolitan-minded. It was after that conference that I read Hayden’s (2005) book Cosmopolitan Global Politics. I was, at the time, framing my own book on cosmopolitanism and international politics, and his book was important for me. Its argument concerning the relevance of the philosophy and morality of cosmopolitanism to international relations was exemplary, with its trained focus on the emergence of global governance mechanisms, the pressures of global civil society on national governments, and his rehearsal of the meaning of world citizenship within these processes. Patrick’s book moved very purposefully between moral cosmopolitanism and political ways of implementing this moral engagement. The book confirmed, for me, the disposition that I had met in St Andrews in 2008. I did not agree with Patrick’s interpretation of realism in the book, nor his understanding of state sovereignty as an obstacle to cosmopolitan governance, but his refusal to compromise with duties of global justice made the book’s cosmopolitan political project both morally clear and politically consistent. That clarity and consistency has, I believe, underpinned the way he edited the Journal of International Political Theory over the last 10 years. I am particularly grateful to him for not only his editorial steering of two special issues with which I was concerned, but also for sustaining and promoting the space of academic engagement with Political Theory and International Relations. I was surprised to learn of his early retirement, although I was aware that he was finding the rhythms of UK academic life increasingly incompatible with intellectual life. I should not have been surprised, I suppose: his clarity and consistency had won through again! Given recent events and the present historical conjuncture, the cosmopolitan political project is to be rethought. Greater focus on the state is necessary, not only as a site of motivation for collective endeavor, but also as the place from which collective political projects are made possible, including global challenges. Patrick’s book ended with an
世界性的全球政治
2008年夏天,我在圣安德鲁斯的《国际政治理论杂志》(Journal of International Political Theory)开幕式上遇到了帕特里克,他和托尼·朗组织了这次会议:“思考(带)出边界:21世纪的国际政治理论”,汇集了许多理论家,他们通过引入政治理论和政治哲学的传统,使国际关系理论更加复杂。我将永远记得帕特里克在会议上的性格:热情、真诚、批判、国际化。在那次会议之后,我读了海登(2005)的《世界主义全球政治》一书。当时,我正在撰写我自己的关于世界主义和国际政治的书,他的书对我来说很重要。它关于世界论的哲学和道德与国际关系的相关性的论点堪称典范,它训练有素地关注全球治理机制的出现、全球公民社会对国家政府的压力,以及他在这些过程中对世界公民身份意义的预演。帕特里克的书非常有目的地在道德世界主义和实现这种道德参与的政治方式之间移动。对我来说,这本书证实了我2008年在圣安德鲁斯遇到的性格。我不同意帕特里克在书中对现实主义的解释,也不同意他对国家主权是世界性治理的障碍的理解,但他拒绝向全球正义的义务妥协,这使这本书的世界性政治项目在道德上和政治上都是明确的。我相信,这种清晰和一致性支撑了他在过去10年中编辑《国际政治理论杂志》的方式。我特别感谢他不仅对我关心的两个特刊进行了编辑指导,而且还维持和促进了政治理论和国际关系的学术参与空间。得知他提前退休的消息,我感到很惊讶,尽管我知道他发现英国学术生活的节奏与知识生活越来越不兼容。我想我不应该感到惊讶:他的清晰和连贯再次赢得了胜利!鉴于最近发生的事件和当前的历史形势,国际政治计划需要重新思考。有必要更加关注国家,这不仅是集体努力的动力所在,也是实现集体政治项目(包括全球挑战)的地方。帕特里克的书以
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