This book, informed by an subtle and cogent reading of Kant's political philosophy, provides not only a basis for resistance, but insight into the potential for the kind of understanding of citizenship which takes the experience of nations into account.

David Rasmussen,From the Introduction, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Boston College

Too little known in the English-speaking world until the publication of this essay, though long held in high regard among European social philosophers, Gérard Raulet offers a unique and powerful perspective on the most salient issues in the contemporary social and political world. Strongly influenced by the traditions of Kant and of French Republicanism, he shows a keen sense of the dangers of both unbridled capitalism and "multiculturalism," defends the continuing importance of the nation-state within a cosmopolitan framework, and subtly analyzes the interrelated roles of morality, legality, and teleology in generating a viable political theory for our time.

William McBride, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University

We need all the rigorous thinking we can muster to make sense of globalizations implications and challenges. In this suggestive and thought-provoking essay, Raulet moves the debate forward in productive ways. As in everything by Raulet that I have read, this book shows a bredth of learning and acuity of analytical imagination....

Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley