O tempo das reconfigurações do constitucionalismo: os desafios para uma cultura cosmopolita

Abstract

The new political social scope of contemporary States calls for a new overview of constitutionalism, a restructure of its concept. Thus the research is divided into three parts, related to the past, the present and the future, but concerning not only the developing process of Constitutions - as that would be an intricate task, having in mind that this process has continuous and discontinuous paths. The goal is not to trace the history of constitutionalism, but rather connect it with another theory, referred to as cosmopolitism. First, common characteristics are verified, showing that, even though there is no mixture or fusion, it would be possible to find similarities. Starting from cynic ones all the way to Kant’s unfinished ideal of peace and universal hospitality. Later, we turn to the analysis of the connection between the present and the future of constitutionalism, without forgetting that these periods comprehend the peak of globalization and the growing of cosmopolitism. In this manner, it is observ