ISBN:
9780754689621
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Global Connections
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Print version Cosmopolitanism in Practice
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Cosmopolitanism
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
What makes people cosmopolitan? How is cosmopolitanism shaping everyday life experiences and the practices of ordinary people? Making use of empirical research, Cosmopolitanism in Practice examines the concrete settings in which individuals display cosmopolitan sensibilities and dispositions, illustrating the ways in which cosmopolitan self-transformations can be used as an analytical tool to explain a variety of identity outlooks and practices. The manner in which both past and present cosmopolitanisms compete with meta-narratives such as nationalism, multiculturalism and religion is also investigated, alongside the employment of cosmopolitan ideas in situations of tension and conflict. With an international team of contributors, including Ulrich Beck, Steven Vertovec, Rob Kroes and Natan Sznaider, this book draws on a variety of intellectual disciplines and international contexts to show how people embrace and make use of cosmopolitan ideas and attitudes.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Making Sense of Cosmopolitanism -- Part I Mobilities -- 1 The Middle Class Cosmopolitan Journey: The Life Trajectories and Transnational Affiliations of Skilled EU Migrants in Manchester -- 2 Ethnic Groups Unbound: A Case Study of the Social Organization of Cosmopolitanism -- 3 Looking at the Practice of UN Professionals: Strategies for Managing Differences and the Emergence of a Cosmopolitan Identity -- Part II Memories -- 4 Cosmopolitan Openings and Closures in Post-Yugoslav Antinationalism -- 5 Europe's Evolving Public Space: Cosmopolitan Engagements through the Lens of American Mass Culture -- 6 Cosmopolitanization of Memory: The Politics of Forgiveness and Restitution -- Part III Tensions -- 7 An Accented Radio: Fostering Cosmopolitanism through Media in Berlin -- 8 Cosmopolitanism and Feminism in the Age of the 'War on Terror': A Twenty-first Century Reading of Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas -- 9 Cosmopolitan Capital or Multicultural Community? Reflections on the Production and Management of Differential Mobilities in Germany's Capital City -- 10 Religion and the Challenges of Cosmopolitanism: Young Portuguese Volunteers in Africa -- Index.
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