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Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason - Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship (Hardcover, New edition)
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Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason - Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: New Visions of the Cosmopolitan, 2
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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.
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