Overview
- Gives cosmopolitanism theory its due by avoiding a hasty passage to practical concerns
- Presents a philosophical-educational discussion from many and diverse perspectives
- Bridges the gap between Continental and Anglo-American treatments of cosmopolitanism
- Takes into account current dilemmas and debates in an age of global crises, tensions and terror
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education (COPT, volume 9)
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This volume discusses perspectives on cosmopolitanism, as well as concepts and the work of key figures. For example, it examines educational, philosophical and historical perspectives, deals with such issues as citizenship, internationalism, patriotism, globalization, hegemony and many other topics. It brings together works on Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, Bruno Latour and Homi Bhabha with works on Whitman, Kant, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Pogge, Onora O’Neill and Philippe Van Parijs.
The book engages in the new dialogue on cosmopolitanism from a variety of outlooks. It advances that dialogue and problematizes it through as yet unexplored paths. Its chapters respond to the intricacies of current discourses on cosmopolitanism and related notions and take into account both affirmative and negative stances to cosmopolitanism and its educational significance. Overall, the book relies on such stances as background material in order to transcend them and offer fresh perspectives on cosmopolitan stakes. It makes use of a recent tendency in political philosophical and cultural-critical debates that opens a possibility of more nuanced approaches to old ‘-isms’.
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Keywords
- Internationalism
- universalism
- citizenship education
- political education
- global distributive justice
- environmental cosmopolitanism
- critical cosmopolitanism
- hegemony
- cosmopolitan imaginery
- speculative philosophy
- unity of humanity
- Kant's cosmopolitan patriotism
- universalization
- rhizomatic cosmopolinatism
Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Antiquity and Modernity
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Patriotic Commitment and Cosmopolitan Obligation
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Cosmopolitan Educational Challenges and Responses
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The Many Faces of the Philosophical Tasks Confronting Cosmopolitanism
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cosmopolitanism: Educational, Philosophical and Historical Perspectives
Editors: Marianna Papastephanou
Series Title: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30430-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30428-1Published: 13 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80807-9Published: 13 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30430-4Published: 05 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2214-9759
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9767
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 232
Topics: Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Political Philosophy