ISBN:
0230008682
,
9780230008687
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 177 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism : Globalization, Identity, Culture and Government
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Cosmopolitanism
;
Sociology
Abstract:
The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated while globally connected and mobile has never seemed more possible than today. Through a classical sociological approach, this book analyses the political, technological and cultural systems underlying cosmopolitanism
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Notes on the Authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Problems in the Field of Cosmopolitanism; 2 The Question of Belonging: The Nation State and Beyond; 3 Cosmopolitanism and the Political Realm; 4 Cosmopolitanism as a Political Lifestyle: Morality, Technology and Style; 5 Thinking, Feeling and Acting Cosmopolitan: The Ideal Types and their Expression in Everyday Cultural Fields; 6 The Cosmopolitan Symbolic Universe and Communities of Sentiment; Conclusion: Cosmopolitanism as an Intellectual and Political Project; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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