Publication

2014 - Berghahn Books

Language

English

Word Count

46,500 words, Guess

Page Count

186 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781782382768
  • ISBN-101782382763
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013042950
  • OCLC Control Number852828168
  • Better World Books9781782382768
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCJZ1308 .W42 2014

Description

The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life, variously viewing it as an aspect of kindness and empathy, as tolerance, hospitality and openness, and as a defining feature of pan-human individuality. The chapters thus advance an existential critique of abstract globalization discourse. The book enriches interdisciplinary debates about hitherto neglected aspects of contemporary cosmopolitanism as a political and moral project, examining the form of its lived effects and offering new ideas and case studies to work with. --Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • We the CosmopolitansBerghahn Books2014-01-01

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