The Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Renewal of Critical Social Theory

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Preface and acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
Introduction......Page 30
The origins of cosmopolitanism......Page 32
The birth of modern cosmopolitanism......Page 41
The decline of classical cosmopolitanism......Page 53
Conclusion......Page 61
2: Contemporary cosmopolitanism and social theory......Page 63
Types of cosmopolitanism......Page 66
Defining cosmopolitanism: the global public and world openness......Page 80
The dimensions and dynamics of cosmopolitanism......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 99
3: Global ethics, solidarity and the problem of violence......Page 101
Debating global ethics......Page 102
Violence today and the challenge of global ethics......Page 110
Cosmopolitan public spheres and solidarity......Page 115
Conclusion......Page 121
4: Cosmopolitan citizenship and the post-sovereign state......Page 123
Traditions of citizenship......Page 124
The erosion of nationality......Page 131
Postational citizenship and cosmopolitanism......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 142
5: Multiculturalism from a cosmopolitan perspective......Page 144
Multicultural traditions and the liberal legacy......Page 145
Beyond liberal multiculturalism?......Page 153
Diversity and the search for common ground......Page 155
The problem of racism for multiculturalism......Page 160
Multiculturalism beyond the West......Page 163
Conclusion......Page 168
6: Religion in a cosmopolitan society......Page 169
Modernity and the forms of secularism......Page 172
How secular is Europe today?......Page 176
Secularism and pluralism......Page 181
Cosmopolitanism and the prospect of a post-secular society......Page 184
Conclusion......Page 187
Introduction......Page 189
Problems of Eurocentrism......Page 190
Conceptualizing modernity......Page 194
Multiple modernities and global history......Page 198
Cosmopolitanism and cultural translation......Page 205
Conclusion......Page 210
Introduction......Page 212
The problem of solidarity and social justice......Page 214
The cosmopolitan implications of Europeanization......Page 226
Conclusion......Page 236
Introduction......Page 237
Theorizing borders......Page 239
Europe and its borders......Page 244
The idea of a post-Western Europe......Page 253
Conclusion......Page 257
10: Conclusion: inter-cultural dialogue in a post-Western world......Page 262
Bibliography......Page 275
Index......Page 304