ABSTRACT
The starting point of critical cosmopolitanism's economic dimension is a refusal to accept the structural violence and abject living conditions wrought upon large segments of the world's population, both via the operations of global capitalism and the growing North-South divide. Hence, critical cosmopolitanism can put forth demands for alternative models of organizing of production, ranging from anticapitalist self-management and collective ownership of the means of production to the regulation of markets through cosmopolitan democratic law. Substantive Tensions Lest the previous argument be misunderstood, the people should note that critical cosmopolitanism is not a homogenous or unified system of thought, for it is best grasped as an intellectual field structured by a series of substantive debates and differing positions on certain key questions. An additional area of contention within critical cosmopolitanism concerns the interpretation of nationalism. Finally, critical cosmopolitanism has approached the theme of human rights from numerous perspectives.
