Toward a global thin community Nietzsche, Foucault and the cosmopolitan commitment

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-253) and index.

The thin community and liberalism -- The thinning of communitarianism -- Nietzsche's philosophy of the future -- Michel Foucault as thin communitarian : difference, community, democracy -- Friederich Hayek and global governance : on state sovereignty and legitimacy the politics of Utopia and the liberal theory of totalitarianism : Hayek, Popper and Foucault -- Pluralism and positive freedom : towards a critique of Isaiah Berlin -- From the Crick report to the Parekh report : multiculturalism, cultural difference, and democracyi -- Foucault, liberal education, and the issue of autonomy -- Toward a global thin community.