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We the Cosmopolitans: Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human: Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human
Author: Lisette Josephides
Year: June 12, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 676 KB
Language: English
Year: June 12, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 676 KB
Language: English
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.