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Beyond Cosmopolitanism

Towards Planetary Transformations

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides a truly multidisciplinary and multicultural examination of the cosmopolitanism for the 21st century

  • Exploring the ethical and political dimensions of globalization through the concept of cosmopolitanism

  • Address the key questions of responsibility, citizenship, justice and dialogue in a globalized world

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Beyond Cosmopolitanism: Complex Histories, Inadequate Theories and Challenges of Transformations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. Corporealising Cosmopolitanism: The “Right” of Desire

      • Anjana Raghavan, Jyotirmaya Tripathy
      Pages 233-256
  3. Beyond Cosmopolitanism and the Calling of Planetary Realizations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297

About this book

Considering the different traditions of cosmopolitan thinking and experimentation, this cutting edge volume examines the contemporary revival of cosmopolitanism as a response to the challenges of living in an interdependent world. Through a unique multidisciplinary approach, it takes the debate beyond the one-sided universalism of the Euro-American world and explores the multiverse of transformations which confront cosmopolitanism. The collection highlights central questions of cosmopolitan responsibility, global citizenship and justice as well as the importance of dialogue among civilizations, cultures, religions and traditions. Exploring the ethical and political dimensions of globalization, it outlines the pathways of going beyond cosmopolitanism by striving for a post-colonial cosmopolis characterized by global justice, trans-civilizational dialogues and dignity for all.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India

    Ananta Kumar Giri

About the editor

Ananta Kumar Giri is a Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India. He has taught at many universities in India and abroad, including Aalborg University (Denmark), Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris (France), the University of Kentucky (USA), University of Freiburg & Humboldt University (Germany), and Jagiellonian University (Poland). His research focuses on social movements and cultural change, criticism, creativity and contemporary dialectics of transformation, theories of self, culture and society, and creative streams in education, philosophy and literature.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Cosmopolitanism

  • Book Subtitle: Towards Planetary Transformations

  • Editors: Ananta Kumar Giri

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5376-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5375-7Published: 27 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5380-2Published: 30 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5376-4Published: 17 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 433

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Cultural Anthropology, Social Philosophy

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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