French Literature Reviews - 2026
The Emergence of Cosmopolitics
Philosophy, Anthropology and Ideas
The Emergence of Cosmopolitics
edited by Jacques Lolive and Olivier Soubeyran
Éditions La Découverte - 2007
« Recherches » Series
ISBN 978-2-7071-5200-8
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cosmopolitics: Opening Up the Debate, by Jacques LOLIVE & Olivier SOUBEYRAN
I. Foundational Proposals: An Ambivalent Unity
1. The Cosmopolitical Proposition, by Isabelle STENGERS
2. Which Cosmos? Which Cosmopolitics?, by Bruno LATOUR
II. Openings: Echoes Between Cosmopolitics, Political Science, and Spatial Planning
A. How to (Re)politicize Cosmopolitics?
3. Theory of Knowledge and Social Organization, by Didier TAVERNE
4. Orienting Oneself in Politics: Parties and Enemies, by Dominique BOULLIER
5. Bringing Scientific and Technical Choices into Debate, by Pierre BENOÎT-JOLY, Claire MARRIS & Anne BERTRAND
B. Shifts in Spatial Planning and the Environmental Issue
6. Planning Thought and Tautologies, by Olivier SOUBEYRAN
7. The City in a State of Panic, by Marc WIEL
8. When Risks Resist Planning Measures..., by Valérie NOVEMBER
9. Another Representation of Publics in Conflicts, by Guillaume FABUREL
10. The Dynamic Framing of Projects, Resources, and the Software Used to Drive Them, by Jean-Jacques RIVIER
III. Perplexities: From Compatibility to Resistance
A. The Challenge of Pluralism
11. Moral Theories and Cosmopolitics, by Bernard REBER
12. Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Territorialities, by Pierrette BIRRAUX-ZIEGLER
B. Environment and Cosmopolitics: An Unholy Alliance?
13. Launching Nature into Planetary Orbit, by Bernard KALAORA
14. When a Cosmopolitical Principle, Hypostasized into a Management Institution, Becomes an Exclusion Machine, by Laurent MERMET
15. Pragmatism and Environment, by Lionel CHARLES
16. Environment and Spatial Planning, by Jean-Pierre MARCHAND
IV. Reformulations: Cosmopolitics Captured by Theories of Place
A. The Chronological Challenge
17. Cosmopolitics and the Chronological Challenge, by Vincent BERDOULAY
18. Cosmopolitics and Democratic Places, by J. Nicholas ENTRIKIN
B. The Cosmological Perspective and Aesthetics
19. Ecumene and Cosmos Today, by Augustin BERQUE
20. Five Cosmos to Make a World, by Michel ROUX
21. Cosmopolitical Subjectivities and the Aesthetic Question, by Nathalie BLANC & Jacques LOLIVE
The volume, edited by Jacques Lolive and Olivier Soubeyran and published by Éditions La Découverte in 2007 under the Recherches series, includes contributions by Isabelle Stengers, Bruno Latour, Didier Taverne, Dominique Boullier, Pierre Benoît-Joly, Claire Marris, Anne Bertrand, Olivier Soubeyran, Marc Wiel, Valérie November, Guillaume Faburel, Jean-Jacques Rivier, Bernard Reber, Pierrette Birraux-Ziegler, Bernard Kalaora, Laurent Mermet, Lionel Charles, Jean-Pierre Marchand, Vincent Berdoulay, J. Nicholas Entrikin, Augustin Berque, Michel Roux, Nathalie Blanc, and Jacques Lolive.
Readers interested in contemporary political thought and environmental governance may find the collection relevant. The book features sections titled Foundational Proposals: An Ambivalent Unity, Openings: Echoes Between Cosmopolitics, Political Science, and Spatial Planning, Perplexities: From Compatibility to Resistance, and Reformulations: Cosmopolitics Captured by Theories of Place, covering topics from spatial planning and environmental issues to pluralism and aesthetics.