En Los Margenes del Estado Moderno [Spanish]

By Seyla Benhabib

An essential critical reading of Western modernity that proposes reconstructing the international order from a more inclusive perspective. The international order that emerged after World War II is facing a profound crisis. Wars, inequalities, and the erosion of international law pose an urgent challenge to the universal ideals of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. In this book, Seyla Benhabib defends the continued relevance of the universalist project through a critical reading of Western modernity. Drawing on the best insights of social theory and the liberal Kantianism of Rawls and Dworkin, she proposes reconstructing a moral, legal, and political universalism that rescues the fundamental principles of international law and global politics from a more inclusive standpoint. With an incisive perspective ranging from popular sovereignty to climate change--and encompassing the right to asylum and postcolonial thought--Benhabib offers a vigorous defense of human rights and cosmopolitanism in an era marked by skepticism, extremism, and political nihilism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8425452937
• ISBN13: 9788425452932
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Herder & Herder
• Length: 304 Pages