Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason - Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship (Hardcover, New edition)

Since the Enlightenment, the definition of terms such as humanity, citizenship and rights has fluctuated and these ideas continue to have relevance for contemporary discussions of globalization from a "cosmopolitan" perspective. This volume goes back to the conception of cosmopolitanism in Greek antiquity in order to trace it through history, resulting in an unmasking of its many myths. The concept is reconstructed with reference not only to well-known (and some lesser known) historical thinkers of cosmopolitanism, but also to noted "anti-cosmopolitans". The first aim of the book is to display historical perspectives on a discourse which has been dominated by ahistorical presumptions. The second is to critically explore alternative paths beyond the Western imagination, redefining the Enlightenment legacy and the centre-periphery dichotomy. Most notably, Eastern Europe and the Arab world are integrated within the analysis of cosmopolitanism. Within a framework of conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), cosmopolitan reason is criticized from the viewpoints of comparative literature, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, postcolonialism and moral philosophy. The book's critical approach is an attempt to come to terms with the anachronism, essentialism, ethnocentrism and anthropocentrism that sometimes underlie contemporary theoretical and methodological uses of the term "cosmopolitanism". By adding historical and contextual depth to the problem of cosmopolitanism, a reflexive corrective is presented to enhance ongoing discussions of this topic within as well as outside academia.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	New Visions of the Cosmopolitan, 2
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Kristian Petrov • Rebecka Lettevall
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	342
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430898-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Theory & methods > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	3-03-430898-1
Barcode:	9783034308984

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