Conceiving Cosmopolitanism: Theory, Context and Practice

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Steven Vertovec, Robin Cohen
Oxford University Press, 2003 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 314 pages
1. Introduction: conceiving cosmopolitanism, Steven Vertovec and Robin Cohen -- PART 1 WINDOWS ON COSMOPOLITANISM -- 2. Political belonging in a world of multiple identities, Stuart Hall-- 3. Middle Eastern experiences of cosmopolitanism, Sami Zubaida --4. Cosmopolitanism and the social experience of cities, Richard Sennett-- 5. Building cosmopolitanism for another age, David Held --PART 2 THEORIES OF COSMOPOLITANISM --6. The cosmopolitan perspective: sociology in the second age of modernity, Ulrich Beck -- 7. The class consciousness of frequent travellers: towards a critique of actually existing cosmopolitanism, Craig Calhoun --8. Political community beyond the sovereign state, supranational federalism and transnational minorities, Rainer Baubock --9. Four cosmopolitanism moments, Robert Fine and Robin Cohen -- PART 3 CONTEXTS OF COSMOPOLITANISM --10. Colonial cosmopolitanism, Peter Van der Veer -- 11. Media corporatism and cosmopolitanism, Ayse Caglar -- 12. Both sides now: culture contact, hybridisation and cosmopolitanism, Chan Kwok Bun --13. Cosmopolitanism at the local level: the development of transnational neighbourhoods, Daniel Hiebert -- PART 4 PRACTICES OF COSMOPOLITANISM -- 14. Not universalists, not pluralists: the new cosmopolitans find their own way, David A. Hollinger --15. Interests and identities in cosmopolitan politics, John Tomlinson -- 16. Cosmopolitan harm conventions, Andrew Linklater --17. Cosmopolitanism and organised violence, Mary Kaldor.
 

Contents

Conceiving Cosmopolitanism
1
I Windows on Cosmopolitanism
23
II Theories of Cosmopolitanism
59
III Contexts of Cosmopolitanism
163
IV Practices of Cosmopolitanism
225
References
279
Index
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