The laws of hospitality, asylum seekers and cosmopolitan right: A kantian response to Jacques Derrida

European Journal of Political Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-327

  Brown, Garrett W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitan right; Cosmopolitanism; Derrida; Kant; Laws of hospitality

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EID: 77954235886     PISSN: 14748851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474885110363983     Document Type: Article

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80. Ibid. [8: 358-9].
81. It should clarified that by 'all dealings', Kant not only included state to state exchange, but also exchanges between peoples and businesses. This is evident in Kant (n. 12), p. 122, when he discusses the injustices committed by European trading companies abroad and their 'inhospitable conduct' when engaging with local inhabitants [6: 353].
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