%0 Book
%A Kathleen Glenister Roberts
%D 2014
%C New York, United States of America
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 1528-6118
%@ 9781453913208
%T The Limits of Cosmopolis
%B Ethics and Provinciality in the Dialogue of Cultures
%R 10.3726/978-1-4539-1320-8
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051338
%X This book is concerned with cosmopolitanism – a privileged notion of «world citizenship» – and whether or not a cosmopolitan position is conducive to human flourishing when its preoccupation is aesthetic.   The Limits of Cosmopolis addresses the question of how human life is organized: Is it possible to be a «citizen of the world»? Is there a difference between avowing that identity for oneself and morally and ethically making a commitment to others? What are the implications for communication – for a real dialogue of cultures?   Because the identity claim to cosmopolitanism brings particular challenges to intercultural dialogue, the author argues that alternative routes to transnational human rights – to moral and ethical commitment and communication – are crucial. This book is interested in those alternative routes, in a more just organization of human life. It considers the ways in which a «cosmopolitan identity» may exacerbate intercultural conflicts rather than alleviating them as well as exploring its implications for intercultural interactions.
%K Cosmopolitanism, Ethnologie, Ethnic Studies, human life, identity, communication
%G English