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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460435803321

Autore

Hill Jason D. <1965->

Titolo

Becoming a cosmopolitan [[electronic resource] ] : what it means to be a human being in the new millennium / / Jason D. Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000

ISBN

1-282-92272-6

9786612922725

1-4422-1055-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Self (Philosophy)

Ethics

Internationalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 01. CREATING THE SELF: THE SELF IN MORAL BECOMING; Chapter 02. THE EXISTENTIALIST SELF: RADICALLY FREE AND REBELLIOUS; Chapter 03. MORAL BECOMING, MORAL MASKING, AND THE NARRATIVITY OF THE SELF: NEGOTIATING THE COSMOPOLITAN TERRAIN; Chapter 04. FORGETTING WHERE WE CAME FROM: THE MORAL IMPERATIVE OF EVERY COSMOPOLITAN; Chapter 05. RADICAL AND MODERATE: MORAL COSMOPOLITANISM; Chapter 06. LIBERALISM, COSMOPOLITANISM, COMMUNITARIANISM: FRIENDS OR ADVERSARIES?; EPILOGUE: COMING OUT AS A MORAL COSMOPOLITAN

APPENDIX: HISTORICAL PICTURES OF COSMOPOLITANISMNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

In this highly original book, Jason Hill defends a strong form of moral cosmopolitanism and lays the groundwork for a new view of the self. To achieve a radical cosmopolitan identity, he argues it may be necessary to forget aspects of one's racial and ethnic socialization. The idea of forgetting where one came from demands that morally recreated persons disown parts or even all of their cultures if these



cultures are oppressive or denigrate human life. Hill draws on existentialism, developmental psychology, and his own experiences as a Caribbean immigrant to the United States to present a phil

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703450603321

Autore

Grady Deborah

Titolo

Results of systematic review of research on diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease in women / / Deborah Grady, Lily Chaput, and Margaret Kristof

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockville (MD) : , : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), , [2003]

©2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Evidence report/technology assessment. Summary ; ; no. 80

AHRQ pub. ; ; no. 03-E034

Disciplina

616.120082

Soggetti

Heart diseases in women

Coronary heart disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 27, 2004).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.