Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (194 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781782382768
  • 9781782382775
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 23
LOC classification:
  • JZ1308 .W42 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
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
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 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781782382775

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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)