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Thinking Globally? The Idea, Ideology and Limits of Cosmopolitanism |
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BARBARA WILL
Duke University, Dartmouth College
Abstract
The idea of cosmopolitanism is newly fashionable, despite its
association with the humanist pretensions and first-world exclusions of
European Enlightenment thought. This essay examines how cosmopolitanism
functions across disparate fields with varying projects and stakes,
from political and environmental science to critical theory. How and
why is cosmopolitanism such an important term for our globalized age?
What are the possibilities and limits of this concept? How can we
distinguish between a cosmopolitanism that leaves intact the privileges
of the global elite and a cosmopolitanism that critically deconstructs
those privileges in the name of a more just and livable world for all.
Keywords: Enlightenment, Kantian philosophy, critical theory, cosmopolitanism, globalization, transnationalism, world order |
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