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

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Josephides, Lisette.
• Hall, Alexandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cosmopolitanism--Case studies.
• Culture and globalization--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 deba

Contents:

• 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

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9781782382775
• 1782382771

OCLC:

871223711