Het kosmopolitisme tijdens de Verlichting.

Een wijsgerig onderzoek naar het wereldburgerschap vanaf circa 1750 in de visie van Kant, in de vrijmetselarij en in de Franse Verlichting.

Samenvatting

Cosmopolitanism during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment is the central concept of this
Master’s thesis. Recent research shows that cosmopolitanism entails more than a political land
legal cosmopolitanism that traditional research has long assumed. More specifically,
cosmopolitanism takes several different forms. Based on a literature study, eight forms are
distinguished in the framework of this Master’s thesis. A first chapter introduces the concept of
cosmopolitanism: cosmopolitanism is described and placed in a philosophical framework,
interpreted historically and its various forms are defined. The second to the fourth chapter
consist of an application of these forms of cosmopolitanism in the eighteenth century: more
specifically, an analysis was made based on the ideas of Kant, Freemasonry (Lessing and
Fichte) and the French Enlightenment. The findings of this investigation are brought together
in a general conclusion that provides a synthesis of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanism and
also advances some recommendations for further research.

Datum prijs	2021
Originele taal	Dutch