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Cosmopolitanism is about the extension of the moral and political horizons of people, societies, organizations and institutions. Over the past 25 years there has been considerable interest in cosmopolitan thought across the human social sciences.

The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies is an enlarged, revised and updated version of the first edition. It consists of 50 chapters across a broader range of topics in the social and human sciences. Eighteen entirely new chapters cover topics that have become increasingly prominent in cosmopolitan scholarship in recent years, such as sexualities, public space, the Kantian legacy, the commons, internet, generations, care and heritage.

This Second Edition aims to showcase some of the most innovative and promising developments in recent writing in the human and social sciences on cosmopolitanism. Both comprehensive and innovative in the topics covered, the Routledge Internati

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Field of Cosmopolitan Studies, Gerard Delanty

Part I: Cosmopolitan Theory, History and Approaches

1. Kant and Cosmopolitan Legacies, Garrett W. Brown

2. Radical Cosmopolitanism and the Tradition of Insurgent Universality, James Ingram

3. There is no Cosmopolitanism without Universalism, Daniel Chernilo

4. Alt-Histories of Cosmopolitanism: Rewriting the Past in the Service of the Future, David Inglis

5. World History and Cosmopolitanism, Bo Stråth

6. Cosmopolitan Thought in Weimar Germany, Austin Harrington

7. The Modern Cognitive Order, Cosmopolitanism and Conflicting Models of World Openness: Towards a Critique of Contemporary Social Relations, Piet Strydom

8. The Idea of Critical Cosmopolitanism, Gerard Delanty and Neal Harris

9. Border Thinking and Decolonial Cosmopolitanism: Overcoming Colonial/Imperial Differences, Walter D. Mignolo

10. Cosmopolitanism and Social Research: Some Methodological Issues of an Emerging Research Agenda, Victor Roudometof

11. Performing Cosmopolitanism. The Context and Object-dependency of Cosmopolitan Openness, Ian Woodward and Zlatko Skrbis

Part II: Cosmopolitan Cultures

12. Anthropology and the New Ethical Cosmopolitanism, Pnina Werbner

13. Cosmopolitanism and ‘Civilization’: Social Theory and Political Programmes, Humeira Iqtidar

14. Cosmopolitanism and Translation, Esperança Bielsa

15. Third Culture Kids and Paradoxical Cosmopolitanism, Rachel Cason

16. Festivals, Museums, Exhibitions: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in the Cultural Public Sphere, Monica Sassatelli

17. Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism, Nikos Papastergiadis

18. The Cosmopolitanism of the Sacred, Bryan S. Turner

19. Imagining Cosmopolitan Sexualities for a 21st Century, Ken Plummer

20. Themes in Cosmopolitan Education, Matthew J. Hayden

21. Media Cultures and Cosmopolitan Connection, Alexa Robertson

22. Interspecies Cosmopolitanism, Eduardo Mendieta

23. Making Heritage Cosmopolitan, Jasper Chalcraft

24. Bordering and Connectivity: Thinking about Cosmopolitan Borders, Chris Rumford and Anthony Cooper

25. Cosmopolitan Public Space(s), Daniel Innerarity & Ander Errasti

26. Cosmopolitanism in Cities and Beyond, Breda S. A. Yeoh and Weiqiang Lin

Part III: Cosmopolitics

27. Seeking Global Justice: What Kind of Equality Should Guide Cosmopolitans?, Gillian Brock

28. Cosmocitizens?, Richard Vernon

29. Global Civil Society and the Cosmopolitan Ideal, Alexander Hensby and Darren J. O’Byrne

30. The Commons and Cosmopolitanism, Nick Stevenson

31. The Idea of Cosmopolitan Solidarity, Robert Fine

32. Humanitarianism and Cosmopolitanism, Iain Wilkinson

33. A Deeper Framework of Cosmopolitan Justice: Addressing Inequalities in the Era of the Anthropocene, Tracey Skillington

34. Cosmopolitan Care, Mihaela Czobor-Lupp

35. The Internet and Cosmopolitanism, Oliver Hall

36. Cosmopolitanism and Migrant Protests, Tamara Caraus and Camil-Alexandru Parvu

37. Cosmopolitan Diplomacy, Seckin Baris Gulmez

Part IV: World Varieties of Cosmopolitanism

38. Cosmopolitanism in Latin America: Political Practices, Critiques, and Imaginaries, Aurea Mota

39. Caribbean Cosmopolitanism: The View from Ethnography, Huon Wardle

40. Americans and Others: Historical Identity Formation in the United States, Andrew Hartman

41. Cosmopolitanism in Asia, Baogang He and Kevin Brown

42. Benedict Anderson’s Cosmopolitan Leanings and the Question of Southeast Asian Subjectivity, Pheng Cheah

43. Unity in Diversity: The Indian Idea of Cosmopolitanism, Sudarsan Padmanabhan

44. Between Tianzia and PostSocialism: Contemporary Chinese Cosmopolitanism, Lisa Rofel

45. Kyōsei: Japan’s Cosmopolitanism, Yoshino Sugimoto

46. Immigration, Indigeneity and Identity: Cosmopolitanism in Australia and New Zealand, Keith Jacobs and Jeff Malpas

47. Cosmopolitanism in a European context: Reflections on cosmopolitan order in Europe and the EU, Maurice Roche

48. Cosmopolitan Europe: Postcolonial Interventions and Global Transitions, Sandra Ponzanesi

49. Afropolitanism and the End of Black Nationalism, Sarah Balakrishnan

50. Jews and Cosmopolitanism from the Early Modern Age to the Global Era, Michael L. Miller and Scott Urry

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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Cosmopolitanism is about the extension of the moral and political horizons of people, societies, organizations and institutions. Over the past 25 years there has been considerable interest in cosmopolitan thought across the human social sciences.

      The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies is an enlarged, revised and updated version of the first edition. It consists of 50 chapters across a broader range of topics in the social and human sciences. Eighteen entirely new chapters cover topics that have become increasingly prominent in cosmopolitan scholarship in recent years, such as sexualities, public space, the Kantian legacy, the commons, internet, generations, care and heritage.

      This Second Edition aims to showcase some of the most innovative and promising developments in recent writing in the human and social sciences on cosmopolitanism. Both comprehensive and innovative in the topics covered, the Routledge Internati

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction: The Field of Cosmopolitan Studies, Gerard Delanty

      Part I: Cosmopolitan Theory, History and Approaches

      1. Kant and Cosmopolitan Legacies, Garrett W. Brown

      2. Radical Cosmopolitanism and the Tradition of Insurgent Universality, James Ingram

      3. There is no Cosmopolitanism without Universalism, Daniel Chernilo

      4. Alt-Histories of Cosmopolitanism: Rewriting the Past in the Service of the Future, David Inglis

      5. World History and Cosmopolitanism, Bo Stråth

      6. Cosmopolitan Thought in Weimar Germany, Austin Harrington

      7. The Modern Cognitive Order, Cosmopolitanism and Conflicting Models of World Openness: Towards a Critique of Contemporary Social Relations, Piet Strydom

      8. The Idea of Critical Cosmopolitanism, Gerard Delanty and Neal Harris

      9. Border Thinking and Decolonial Cosmopolitanism: Overcoming Colonial/Imperial Differences, Walter D. Mignolo

      10. Cosmopolitanism and Social Research: Some Methodological Issues of an Emerging Research Agenda, Victor Roudometof

      11. Performing Cosmopolitanism. The Context and Object-dependency of Cosmopolitan Openness, Ian Woodward and Zlatko Skrbis

      Part II: Cosmopolitan Cultures

      12. Anthropology and the New Ethical Cosmopolitanism, Pnina Werbner

      13. Cosmopolitanism and ‘Civilization’: Social Theory and Political Programmes, Humeira Iqtidar

      14. Cosmopolitanism and Translation, Esperança Bielsa

      15. Third Culture Kids and Paradoxical Cosmopolitanism, Rachel Cason

      16. Festivals, Museums, Exhibitions: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in the Cultural Public Sphere, Monica Sassatelli

      17. Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism, Nikos Papastergiadis

      18. The Cosmopolitanism of the Sacred, Bryan S. Turner

      19. Imagining Cosmopolitan Sexualities for a 21st Century, Ken Plummer

      20. Themes in Cosmopolitan Education, Matthew J. Hayden

      21. Media Cultures and Cosmopolitan Connection, Alexa Robertson

      22. Interspecies Cosmopolitanism, Eduardo Mendieta

      23. Making Heritage Cosmopolitan, Jasper Chalcraft

      24. Bordering and Connectivity: Thinking about Cosmopolitan Borders, Chris Rumford and Anthony Cooper

      25. Cosmopolitan Public Space(s), Daniel Innerarity & Ander Errasti

      26. Cosmopolitanism in Cities and Beyond, Breda S. A. Yeoh and Weiqiang Lin

      Part III: Cosmopolitics

      27. Seeking Global Justice: What Kind of Equality Should Guide Cosmopolitans?, Gillian Brock

      28. Cosmocitizens?, Richard Vernon

      29. Global Civil Society and the Cosmopolitan Ideal, Alexander Hensby and Darren J. O’Byrne

      30. The Commons and Cosmopolitanism, Nick Stevenson

      31. The Idea of Cosmopolitan Solidarity, Robert Fine

      32. Humanitarianism and Cosmopolitanism, Iain Wilkinson

      33. A Deeper Framework of Cosmopolitan Justice: Addressing Inequalities in the Era of the Anthropocene, Tracey Skillington

      34. Cosmopolitan Care, Mihaela Czobor-Lupp

      35. The Internet and Cosmopolitanism, Oliver Hall

      36. Cosmopolitanism and Migrant Protests, Tamara Caraus and Camil-Alexandru Parvu

      37. Cosmopolitan Diplomacy, Seckin Baris Gulmez

      Part IV: World Varieties of Cosmopolitanism

      38. Cosmopolitanism in Latin America: Political Practices, Critiques, and Imaginaries, Aurea Mota

      39. Caribbean Cosmopolitanism: The View from Ethnography, Huon Wardle

      40. Americans and Others: Historical Identity Formation in the United States, Andrew Hartman

      41. Cosmopolitanism in Asia, Baogang He and Kevin Brown

      42. Benedict Anderson’s Cosmopolitan Leanings and the Question of Southeast Asian Subjectivity, Pheng Cheah

      43. Unity in Diversity: The Indian Idea of Cosmopolitanism, Sudarsan Padmanabhan

      44. Between Tianzia and PostSocialism: Contemporary Chinese Cosmopolitanism, Lisa Rofel

      45. Kyōsei: Japan’s Cosmopolitanism, Yoshino Sugimoto

      46. Immigration, Indigeneity and Identity: Cosmopolitanism in Australia and New Zealand, Keith Jacobs and Jeff Malpas

      47. Cosmopolitanism in a European context: Reflections on cosmopolitan order in Europe and the EU, Maurice Roche

      48. Cosmopolitan Europe: Postcolonial Interventions and Global Transitions, Sandra Ponzanesi

      49. Afropolitanism and the End of Black Nationalism, Sarah Balakrishnan

      50. Jews and Cosmopolitanism from the Early Modern Age to the Global Era, Michael L. Miller and Scott Urry

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