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Cosmopolitanism and place / edited by Jessica Wahman, Jose M. Medina, and John J. Stuhr.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Wahman, Jessica, 1968- editor.
Medina, Jose M., editor.
Stuhr, John J., editor.
Series:
American philosophy.
American Philosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethics.
Cosmopolitanism.
Home--Psychological aspects.
Home.
Place attachment.
Place (Philosophy).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (pages cm.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Summary:
Beginning with the two-part recognition that the world is a smaller place and that it is indeed many worlds, Cosmopolitanism and Place critically explores what it means to assert that all people are citizens of the world, everywhere in the world, as well as persons bounded by a universal and shared morality.
Contents:
Cover
COSMOPOLITANISM AND PLACE
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Ideals
1 Déjà Vu All Over Again?: The Challenge of Cosmopolitanism
2 Home, Hospitality, and the Cosmopolitan Address
3 Cultural Heritages and Universal Principles
4 Not Black or White but Chocolate Brown: Reframing Issues
5 Pragmatism and the Challenge of a Cosmopolitan Aesthetics:Framing the Issues
Part II. Taking Place Seriously
6 Toward a Politics of Cohabitation: "Dwelling" in the Manner of Wayfarers
7 Cosmopolitan Ignorance and "Not Knowing Your Place"
8 America and Cosmopolitan Responsibility: Some Thoughts on an Itinerant Duty
9 Loss of Place
10 The Loss of Confidence in the World
11 Climate Change and Place: Delimiting Cosmopolitanism
Part III. Reimagining Home and World
12 Citizen or Guest?: Cosmopolitanism as Homelessness
13 Cosmopolitan Hope
14 Hospitality or Generosity?: Cosmopolitan Transactions
15 On Cosmopolitan Publics and Online Communities
16 A New "International of Decent Feelings"?: Cosmopolitanism and the Erasure of Class
17 Somewhere, Dreaming of Cosmopolitanism
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-253-03033-1
OCLC:
1003201664

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