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We the Cosmopolitans: Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human

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We the Cosmopolitans: Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human - Josephides, Lisette (Editor), and Hall, Alexandra (Editor)
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The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life, variously viewing it as an aspect of kindness and empathy, as tolerance, hospitality and openness, and as a defining feature of pan-human individuality. The chapters thus advance an existential critique of ...

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We the Cosmopolitans: Moral and Existential Conditions of Being Human 2014, Berghahn Books, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781782382768

Hardcover