We the Cosmopolitans : : Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human / / ed. by Lisette Josephides, Alexandra Hall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland,; Grønseth, Anne Sigfrid,; Hall, Alexandra,; Josephides, Lisette,; Rapport, Nigel,; Schiltz, Marc,; Stade, Ronald,
• HerausgeberIn: Hall, Alexandra,; Josephides, Lisette,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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 Subject as 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 and West African Rulers --; Chapter 6 The Cartoon Controversy and the Possibility of Cosmopolitanism --; Conclusion --; Notes on Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782382775; 9783110998238
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782382775
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Lisette Josephides, Alexandra Hall.

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.