Cosmopolitanism vs. Cosmopolitics

Framing

This debate concerns how to think the global. Kant's cosmopolitanism emphasizes universal human reason and moral agency. Latour's cosmopolitics emphasizes the composition of a common world among heterogeneous entities (humans and nonhumans).

Positions

Position A: Cosmopolitanism (Kant)

Kant's cosmopolitics thinks politics from global perspective, considering Earth as sphere with limited resources. Humans should act as mutually dependent, responsible moral agents.
Key texts: morgan-kant-for-architects

Position B: Cosmopolitics (Latour)

Latour's cosmopolitics emphasizes diplomatic composition of common world among heterogeneous actors. Climate change (Gaia) demands architectural response that includes nonhumans.
Key texts: yaneva-latour-for-architects

Key Texts

• morgan-kant-for-architects — Kantian cosmopolitanism
• yaneva-latour-for-architects — Latourian cosmopolitics