Beyond Cosmopolitanism: Towards Planetary Transformations

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Beyond Cosmopolitanism: An Invitation to Adventure of Ideas and Multiverse of Transformations (Ananta Kumar Giri)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Cosmopolitanism and Beyond: Towards Planetary Realizations (Ananta Kumar Giri)....Pages 13-31 Cosmopolitanism Beyond Anthropocentrism: The Ecological Self and Transcivilizational Dialogue (John Clammer)....Pages 33-51 Cosmopolitanism Beyond the Polis: Creative Memory Works and Reimagining the Relationship Between Xenia and Hestia (Ginna Brock)....Pages 53-69 Cosmopolitanism, the Cognitive Order of Modernity, and Conflicting Models of World Openness: On the Prospects of Collective Learning (Piet Strydom)....Pages 71-94 Cosmopolitanism and Understanding in the Social Sciences (Boike Rehbein)....Pages 95-108 Ethics of Cosmopolitanism: The Confucian Tradition (Karl-Heinz Pohl)....Pages 109-119 Tolstoy and Cosmopolitanism (Christian Bartolf)....Pages 121-129 Cosmopolitanism, Spirituality and Social Action: Mahatma Gandhi and Rudolf Steiner (Ulrich Rösch)....Pages 131-147 The Divergent Cosmopolitanisms of Hannah Arendt (Liz Sutherland)....Pages 149-179 Cosmopolitanism and an Ethics of Sacrifice (Scott Schaffer)....Pages 181-211 Front Matter ....Pages 213-213 Cosmopolitanism and Reconciliation in a Postcolonial World (Reinhart Kössler)....Pages 215-231 Corporealising Cosmopolitanism: The “Right” of Desire (Anjana Raghavan, Jyotirmaya Tripathy)....Pages 233-256 Old and Emerging Cosmopolitan Traditions at the Malabar Coast of South India: A Study with Muslim Students in Kozhikode, Kerala (Barbara Riedel)....Pages 257-274 De-orientalising Vernacular Cosmopolitanism: Towards a Local Cosmopolitan Ethics (Pnina Werbner)....Pages 275-295 Front Matter ....Pages 297-297 Some Conceptual and Structural Problems of Global Cosmopolitanism (Hauke Brunkhorst)....Pages 299-325 Human Rights, Universalism and Cosmopolitanism: Between Cultures and Civilizations (Vittorio Cotesta)....Pages 327-356 The Hermeneutic Foundations of a Cosmopolitan Public Sphere (Hans-Herbert Kögler)....Pages 357-375 From Shahrukh Khan to Shakira: Reflections on Aesthetico-cultural Cosmopolitanism Among Young French People (Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre)....Pages 377-388 Cultivating Humanity? Education and Capabilities for a Global ‘Great Transition’ (Des Gasper, Shanti George)....Pages 389-421 Back Matter ....Pages 423-433