ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some of the key features of Kantian cosmopolitanism as well as to advance and clarify a number of Kant's positions as they relate to ongoing cosmopolitan criticisms. It outlines Kant's anti-imperialist cosmopolitanism that examines the claim that Kant's cosmopolitanism should be understood as promoting a form of imperialism. The chapter discusses Kantian laws of hospitality and the broadening of public right illustrating how Kant demands clear protections against imperialism and for the protection of visiting strangers, whether as refugees or in attempts to establish mutual relations. It focuses on Kant's place within contemporary thinking, suggesting that Kantian cosmopolitanism continues to offer meaningful insights, thus remaining heuristically salient for ongoing debates concerning species life and global cohabitation. Kant has also been simultaneously blamed for singlehandedly inventing the concept of race and its negative outcomes, for philosophically underwriting an unyielding globalization of exploitation, and for providing the philosophical firepower necessary for Enlightenment's aim toward 'world conquest.
