Liberty After Liberalism frees the concept of the active citizen from both the territorial confines of the nation-state and the limits imposed by republican, city-state models. Lawrence Quill advances a theory of global republicanism, one that is able to respond directly to the changing realities of political life. By adopting a publicly ironic approach to politics, Quill revives the idea of public freedom within a global context thereby providing an important supplement to contemporary theories of cosmopolitan democracy.

Liberty After Liberalism frees the concept of the active citizen from both the territorial confines of the nation-state and the limits imposed by republican, city-state models. Lawrence Quill advances a theory of global republicanism, one that is able to respond directly to the changing realities of political life. By adopting a publicly ironic approach to politics, Quill revives the idea of public freedom within a global context thereby providing an important supplement to contemporary theories of cosmopolitan democracy.

Preface PART 1: FROM POLIS TO COSMOPOLIS Introduction: Republican Liberty and Political Space Republicanism in Context Republicanism: Relevant Debates A Dead Hypothesis? Overview of the Argument PART 2: THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICAL SPACE Political Space in the Early Republic The Problem of Size The Irrelevance of Republican Citizenship? Conclusion PART 3: THE STATE WE ARE (NO LONGER) IN The Liberal Political Space Protective, Developmental and Bureaucratic Space The Virtues of Being a Liberal Citizen After the Liberal State? Conclusion PART 4: REPUBLICANISM REVISITED Bringing the State Back In The Polis Within the State Re-imagining Political Community Citizen-nomads and Citizen-ships Conclusion PART 5: ON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ORIGINS OF COSMOPOLITANISM Cosmo-political Space The Cosmopolitan Citizen A New Politics of Cosmopolitanism? Conclusion PART 6: THE CASE FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION Liberalism - Educating for Minimal Autonomy Republicanism - Educating for Citizenship Cosmopolitanism - Educating for World Citizenship Conclusion PART 7: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN The Anti-political Space of Empire A Different Citizen? Public Irony and Political Hope Conclusion PART 8: CONCLUSION: AFTER LIBERALISM? Notes Bibliography Index