| Description |
1 online resource (x, 296 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 263-291 and index. |
| Contents |
The rise and decline of classical cosmopolitanism -- Contemporary cosmopolitanism and social theory -- Global ethics, solidarity and the problem of violence -- Cosmopolitan citizenship and the post-sovereign state -- Multiculturalism from a cosmopolitan perspective -- Religion in a cosmopolitan society -- Cosmopolitanism, modernity and global history -- Cosmopolitanism and European political community -- Europe as a borderland -- Conclusion : inter-cultural dialogue in a post-Western world. |
| Summary |
Delanty presents a fresh assessment of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought, examining the failures to respond to globalization and intercultural communication. He avoids a purely normative conception of cosmopolitanism and reduces it to an expression of diversity taking in non-Western cultures. |
| Access |
Electronic version available only to subscribers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Critical theory.
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Critical theory. |
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Cosmopolitanism.
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Cosmopolitanism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Delanty, Gerard. Cosmopolitan imagination. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521873734 (DLC) 2010275129 (OCoLC)351325475 |
| ISBN |
9780511641657 (electronic book) |
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0511641656 (electronic book) |
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0521695457 (paperback) |
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0521873738 (hardback) |
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9780521695459 (paperback) |
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9780521873734 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612386541 |
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