Cosmopolitanism in Hard Times.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Splendors and Miseries of Cosmopolitanism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 In Principio Erat … Globalization -- 3 Between Cross- pollination and Specificity -- 4 Anti-Cosmopolitanism: the Return of Counter-Enlightenment Ideas -- 5 Presentation of the Book -- References -- Part 1 Conceptualizing Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 1 The First Axial Age and the Origin of Universalism -- 1 Introduction* -- 2 Man as a Universal Entity -- 3 Tian xia and Agorà: Two Pathways toward the Universal Conception of Man -- References -- Chapter 2 Kantian Cosmopolitanism -- 1 Attitudinal and Institutional Cosmopolitanism -- 2 The Natural Expansion of Legal Relations -- 3 The Universal Society in Its Final Form: the Right of the Citizen of the World -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Cosmopolitanism and Classical Sociology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Irrelevant Classics? -- 3 Back to Kant -- 4 The Cosmopolitan Features of Capitalism and Gesellschaft -- 5 Cosmopolitan Thematics in French Sociology -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Cosmopolitanism as a Siamese-Twin Global Concept -- 1 From an Early Mertonian Matrix to the Global Explosion -- 2 Cosmopolitanism and Globalization -- 3 Cosmopolitanism, Methodological Nationalism, and Non-Western Thinking: How Many Sociologies? -- References -- Chapter 5 Ulrich Beck's Critical Cosmopolitan Sociology -- 1 World Risk Society and Cosmopolitanism -- 1.1 Cosmopolitan Realism: Risk, Cosmopolitanization, and Reflexivity -- 1.2 Methodological Cosmopolitanism -- 2 Three Criticisms -- 3 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 6 Cosmopolitanism Is a Humanism -- 1 The Mainstream Critique of Humanism: Heidegger and Beyond.

2 A Cosmopolitan Humanism: J.-P. Sartre -- 3 The Idea of Universal Empathy -- References -- Chapter 7 Human Rights and Dignity -- 1 The udhr, a Pivotal Moment -- 2 Dignity, a Debated Topic -- 3 The Principle of Dignity in the udhr: from Moral Cosmopolitanism to Legal Cosmopolitanism -- 4 'Hypocritical' Universality? A Rebuttal -- References -- Chapter 8 From Subaltern Cosmopolitanism to Post-Western Sociology -- 1 From the Cosmopolitan Turn to Non-Western West -- 2 Easternization of the Westernized East and Plurality of Epistemic Autonomies -- 3 Sinicization of Chinese Sociology and Plural Epistemic Autonomies -- 4 Partial Epistemic Autonomy and Eastern/Western Knowledge in Korea -- 5 Unstable Epistemic Autonomy in Japan -- 6 What Is Post-Western Sociology? -- 7 Epistemic Discontinuities and Common Space -- 7.1 Epistemic Discontinuities and Located Knowledge -- 7.2 Transnational Knowledge and Common Space -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part 2 Establishing Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 9 Inequality and Global Justice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Moral Foundations: the Cosmopolitan Plateau -- 3 The Implications of the Cosmopolitan Plateau -- 4 Global Poverty -- 5 Global Inequality -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 10 International Human Rights System -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 The Universal Declaration and the Covenants -- 3 Core International Instruments and Institutions -- 4 Evolution of Human Rights Standards and Law -- 5 Human Rights and Sovereignty -- 6 Assessment and the Future -- References -- Chapter 11 Cosmopolitan Democracy -- 1 Introduction* -- 2 Cosmopolitanism and International Integration -- 3 The Origin and Sources of Cosmopolitan Democracy -- 4 The Global Dimension of Cosmopolitan Democracy -- 5 Democratic Practice in a Globalizing Planet -- 6 Cosmopolitan Democracy as an Alternative to Nationalism -- References.

Chapter 12 Cosmopolitanism and Multiculturalism -- 1 Egalitarian Dynamics and Diversity -- 2 Diversity as a Value -- 3 An Ethics of Coexistence -- 4 On the Status of Otherness -- 5 Culture: a Booby-trap Category -- 6 Domination as a Heuristic Notion -- 7 Collective Identities and Cosmopolitanism -- 8 Identity as a Philosophic Fable -- 9 Rooted Cosmopolitanism -- References -- Chapter 13 Cosmopolitan Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Desperately Seeking the 'Truly' Cosmopolitan City -- 3 'Cosmopolitan' Tales of Two Global Cities -- 4 'Bygone' Cosmopolitan Cities of the Ottoman Empire -- 5 Cosmopolitanism and Segregation in Wannabe Global City-States -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 The Future That Europe Has Left Behind -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Europe as a 'Privileged Space for Human Hope' -- 3 The Cosmopolitan Normative Identity of Europe -- 4 The Blurred Lines of EU Normative Cosmopolitanism -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part 3 Experiencing Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 15 Unpacking Cosmopolitan Memory -- 1 What Is 'Collective Memory'? -- 2 Which Collective Memory Is 'Cosmopolitan'? -- 3 What Is the Relationship between Cosmopolitan and National Memories? -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Hospitality, Cosmopolitanism, and Conviviality: On Relations with Others in Hostile Times -- 1 Europe's Refugee Drama -- 2 Hospitality, Cosmopolitanism, and the External Other -- 3 Hospitality, Conviviality, and the Other Within -- 3.1 Engagements with Difference -- 3.2 Interactions -- 3.3 Beyond Society and State -- References -- Chapter 17 International Mobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Global Age -- 1 The Stranger as a Figure of Cosmopolitanism -- 2 Cosmopolitanism: a Blind Spot in Migration Studies until the 2000s -- 3 The Migrant-trader: a Central Figure of Cosmopolitanism -- 4 Cities: Mobility Crossroads, Cosmopolitan Crossroads?.

5 Plural Mobilities and Urban Tensions: Cosmopolitan Logics under Siege in Gentrified and Touristic Neighborhoods -- 6 Tourism and the Cosmopolitan Gaze -- 7 Conclusion: Cosmopolitanism and Mobility, an Obvious Relationship? -- References -- Chapter 18 The Cosmopolitan Stranger -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Strangers in the Context of Generalized Strangeness -- 3 Conceptualizing the Cosmopolitan Stranger -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 Aesthetico-Cultural Cosmopolitanism -- 1 Competing for Global Cultural Imaginaries -- 2 A Cultural Mosaic -- 3 Cultural Odorlessness and Cultural Discount -- 4 Aesthetico-cultural Cosmopolitanism as an Innovative Approach to Cultural Globalization -- 5 Conclusion: toward a Cosmopolitan Education -- References -- Chapter 20 The Cosmopolitan Individual in Tension -- 1 Introduction* -- 2 The Cosmopolitan Legacy and New Sociological Tools -- 3 Globalization as Janus Bifrons -- 4 The Cosmopolitan Spirit: Building a Relationship with the World -- 5 The Hermeneutics of Otherness -- 6 An Orientation toward Others -- 7 Cosmopolitan Belongings -- 8 A Splintered Socialization -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Part 4 Challenging Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 21 The Nation-State in a Global World -- 1 States and Sovereignty -- 2 Sovereignty Regimes -- 3 Taking Back Control? -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 22 Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Xenophobia and Ethnic Conflict -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cosmopolitanism: between Normative Political Philosophy and Sociological Realism -- 3 Three Instances of Anti-cosmopolitanism in the UK -- 4 Conclusion: after the Cosmopolitan Revolution Just Racism as Usual? -- References -- Chapter 23 Cosmopolitanism and Religion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Rise of Populism -- 3 Populism and Religion -- 4 The Axial Age and Its Religions -- 5 Does Cosmopolitanism Have a Future? -- 6 Conclusion.

References -- Chapter 24 The Dialectic of Populism and Cosmopolitanism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cosmopolitanism -- 3 Populism -- 3.1 Political Economy -- 3.2 Kulturkampf -- 4 Character and Social Change -- 4.1 Cosmopolitanism and Character -- 4.2 Ideology -- 5 Conclusion: Mad Max or a Better World? -- References -- Chapter 25 Terrorism and Counterterrorism as Counter-cosmopolitanism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terrorism as Counter-cosmopolitanism -- 3 Counterterrorism as Counter-cosmopolitanism -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 26 Competition for Global Hegemony -- 1 Hegemony and Cosmopolitanism in International Relations Theories -- 1.1 Three Theoretical Relations -- 1.1.1 The Incompatibility of Hegemony with the Cosmopolitan Project -- 1.1.2 The Corruption of the Cosmopolitan Project -- 1.1.3 Complementarity with the Cosmopolitan Project -- 1.2 A Normative Tension: Machiavellian Moment v. Kantian Moment -- 2 Cosmopolitanism Prevented by the Competition for Hegemony -- 2.1 The Obsolescence of Major Wars for Hegemony Since 1945 -- 2.2 Freedom of Navigation in the Global Commons: the Source of a New Competition -- 3 Cosmopolitanism Disputed in the Competition for Hegemony -- 3.1 Post-National Wars: toward a New Overlay -- 3.2 Opposition to 'Western Hegemony' through the Promotion of Alternative Values -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 27 Capitalism and Cosmopolitanism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cosmopolitanism: Emancipatory Project or Ideology of Global Capitalism? -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Index of Names and Notions.

While each chapter seizes the dialectic of enlightenment and counter-enlightenment at work in the global world, the volume insists on the moral, intellectual, structural, and historical resources that still make cosmopolitanism a real possibility even in these hard times.

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