03089nam 2200613 450 991078788590332120200520144314.01-78238-277-110.1515/9781782382775(CKB)2670000000530431(EBL)1375279(SSID)ssj0001131237(PQKBManifestationID)11776525(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131237(PQKBWorkID)11112356(PQKB)11026814(MiAaPQ)EBC1375279(Au-PeEL)EBL1375279(CaPaEBR)ebr10842060(CaONFJC)MIL600294(OCoLC)871223711(DE-B1597)636426(DE-B1597)9781782382775(EXLCZ)99267000000053043120140310h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWe the cosmopolitans moral and existential conditions of being human /edited by Lisette Josephides and Alexandra HallNew York, New York ;Oxford, England :Berghahn Books,2014.©20141 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-276-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 6The Cartoon Controversy and the Possibility of CosmopolitanismConclusion; Notes on Contributors; IndexThe 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 debaCosmopolitanismCase studiesCulture and globalizationCase studiesCosmopolitanismCulture and globalization306Josephides Lisette1573321Hall Alexandra953912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787885903321We the cosmopolitans3849015UNINA