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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787885903321

Titolo

We the cosmopolitans : moral and existential conditions of being human / / edited by Lisette Josephides and Alexandra Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78238-277-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JosephidesLisette

HallAlexandra

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Cosmopolitanism

Culture and globalization

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: We the Cosmopolitans: Framing the Debate; Chapter 1; Citizens of Everything: The Aporetics of Cosmopolitanism; Chapter 2; The Capacities of Anyone: Accommodating the Universal Human Subjectas Value and in Space; Chapter 3; Cosmopolitan Morality in the British Immigration and Asylum System; Chapter 4; Experiences of Pain: A Gateway to Cosmopolitan Subjectivity?; Chapter 5; Cosmopolitanism as Welcoming the Other and Imperilling the Self:Ethics and Early Encounters between Lyons Missionaries andWest African Rulers; Chapter 6

The Cartoon Controversy and the Possibility of CosmopolitanismConclusion; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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



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