Description
Book SynopsisThe book offers a critical synthesis of critical theory, decolonial theory and Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory. It does so as a cosmopolitan endeavour in order to overcome the limitations of these three traditions. The Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory provides a robust and interpenetrative account of intra and inter-cultural social ontology, critical theory safeguards the individual and decolonial theory forces us to move away from ideals to instead focus on injustices. The approach is a unique and original synthesis of these three traditions. This leads to a conceptually non-western centric account of critical cosmopolitanism and radical democracy. The main themes are eurocentrism, cosmopolitanism, post-individual subjectivity and democracy. In providing such an account it allows for the study of the effects of the lives of those in colonised societies but also provides a mechanism to explore the effects of colonisation on the colonising societies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Section One
1. A Global History of Cosmopolitanism
2. Global Critical Theories
3. Watsuji, Modernity and the Art of Life
Section Two
4. The Emptiness of Cosmopolitanism: How Should a Cosmopolitan Think?
5. Cosmopolitan Transmodernity: Re-imagining the Loci of Enunciation
6. Aidagara and the Grounds of Radical Imagination
Afterword: The Failure of Thought: A Radical Imagination for the Critical Space of Democracy
