In the last quarter of the 20th century the study of globalisation was refined in many ways and especially in the direction of conceptualising the connections, entanglements and interdependencies of the global. An array of terms arose to capture these complexities, many containing the suggestion of superseding the nation. The terms ‘post-national’ and ‘cosmopolitan’ are two fields that have come to signify thispossibility. Our contributors engage with the idea of the post-national in a variety of manifestations, focusing on addressing fundamental questions related to the extent and durability of post-national expressions. This collection of articles trace contemporary theoretical debates, and provide empirical material in a variety of contexts using multiple approaches. Collectively, they affirm the relevance of the category of the post-national, and related cosmopolitan outlooks, while charting the mixed, ambivalent, and sometimes reactionary responses to it.

在20世纪后半叶，对全球化的研究在许多方面得到了改进，尤其是在概念化全球联系，纠缠和相互依存的方向上。出现了一系列术语以捕获这些复杂性，其中许多术语包含取代国家的建议。术语“后国民”和“国际主义者”是两个表明这一可能性的领域。我们的撰稿人以多种表现形式参与后国家的想法，专注于解决与后国家表达的范围和持久性相关的基本问题。这些文章集追溯了当代的理论辩论，并使用多种方法在各种情况下提供了经验材料。他们共同确认了后国家/地区类别的相关性，