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Book SynopsisThis reference book provides the reader with an exhaustive array of epistemological, theoretical, and empirical explorations related to the field of cosmopolitanism studies. It considers the cosmopolitan perspective rather as a relevant approach to the understanding of some major issues related to globalization than as a subfield of global studies. In this unique contribution to conceptualizing, establishing, experiencing, and challenging cosmopolitanism, each chapter seizes the paradoxical dialectic of opening up and closing up, of enlightenment and counter-enlightenment, of hope and despair at work in the global world, while the volume as a whole insists on the moral, intellectual, structural, and historical resources that still make cosmopolitanism a real possibility — and not just wishful thinking — even in these hard times. Contributors include: John Agnew, Daniele Archibugi, Paul Bagguley, Esperança Bielsa, Estevão Bosco, Stéphane Chauvier, Daniel Chernilo, Vincenzo Cicchelli, VittorioCotesta, Stéphane Dufoix, David Held, Robert Holton, Yasmin Hussain, David Inglis, Lauren Langman, Pietro Maffettone, Sylvie Mesure, Magdalena Nowicka, Sylvie Octobre, Delphine Pagès-El Karaoui, Massimo Pendenza, Alain Policar, Frédéric Ramel, Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Hiro Saito, Camille Schmoll, Bryan S. Turner, Clive Walker, and Daniel J. Whelan. With an Afterword by Arjun Appadurai.
Trade Review"This landmark collection brings the idea of cosmopolitanism out of the world of elite taste, education and worldliness into the complexities of identity, justice, sovereignty and mobility in our own times. The authors offer a critical way out of the current global crises of political and epidemiological lockdown." – Dr. Arjun Appadurai, New York University and The Hertie School, Berlin "Timely and important, Cosmopolitanism in Hard Times is a comprehensive edited collection written by outstanding scholars that stands as a major contribution to cosmopolitanism studies. This is a must read-book." – Professor Shujiro Yazawa, Hitotsubashi University and Seijo University, Tokyo "As the world is caught up in a whirlwind of multiple crises, we desperately need to read this remarkable collection of essays, assemble by two outstanding scholars, that challenges us in understanding the world of strangers and sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics." – Professor Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut, President of the International Sociological Association
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Splendors and Miseries of Cosmopolitanism Vincenzo Cicchelli and Sylvie Mesure Part 1: Conceptualizing Cosmopolitanism 1 The First Axial Age and the Origin of Universalism Vittorio Cotesta 2 Kantian Cosmopolitanism Stéphane Chauvier 3 Cosmopolitanism and Classical Sociology David Inglis 4 Cosmopolitanism as a Siamese- Twin Global Concept Stéphane Dufoix 5 Ulrich Beck’s Critical Cosmopolitan Sociology Estevão Bosco 6 Cosmopolitanism is a Humanism Daniel Chernilo 7 Human Rights and Dignity Sylvie Mesure 8 From Subaltern Cosmopolitanism to Post- Western Sociology Laurence Roulleau-Berger Part 2: Establishing Cosmopolitanism 9 Inequality and Global Justice David Held and Pietro Maffettone 10 International Human Rights System Daniel J. Whelan 11 Cosmopolitan Democracy Daniele Archibugi 12 Cosmopolitanism and Multiculturalism Alain Policar 13 Cosmopolitan Cities Delphine Pagès-El Karoui 14 The Future That Europe Has Left Behind Massimo Pendenza Part 3: Experiencing Cosmopolitanism 15 Unpacking Cosmopolitan Memory Hiro Saito 16 Hospitality, Cosmopolitanism, and Conviviality: On Relations with Others in Hostile Times Magdalena Nowicka 17 International Mobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Global Age Camille Schmoll 18 The Cosmopolitan Stranger Esperança Bielsa 19 Aesthetico- Cultural Cosmopolitanism Sylvie Octobre 20 The Cosmopolitan Individual in Tension Vincenzo Cicchelli Part 4: Challenging Cosmopolitanism: a Fractured Cosmopolis 21 The Nation- State in a Global World John Agnew 22 Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Xenophobia and Ethnic Conflict Paul Bagguley and Yasmin Hussain 23 Cosmopolitanism and Religion Bryan S. Turner 24 The Dialectic of Populism and Cosmopolitanism Lauren Langman 25 Terrorism as a Counter- Cosmopolitanism Clive Walker 26 Competition for Global Hegemony Frédéric Ramel 27 Capitalism and Cosmopolitanism Robert Holton Index
