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Zusatztext " Contributing to the rich and diverse literature on cosmopolitanism that has come out of the social sciences and humanities over the past decade and a half! Nigel Rapport offers us a robust discussion of the topic? While one of the several edited volumes published on cosmopolitanism during the past decade and a half might be a better first read for those unfamiliar with the topic! this book would serve as an excellent follow-up. In particular! this book will be of interest to scholars of cosmopolitanism! human rights! and contemporary anthropological theory. " · Anthropos " This is an elegantly written and well-organised book on a subject whose star continues to rise. Those who are familiar with Rapport's project will be anticipating its publication with some excitement. Those who are not familiar with his work are in for a treat in that this is the culmination of his work so far? He is an exceptional essayist and although each chapter might stand alone! together they form a considerable contribution which is significant both in terms of the theoretical and moral advance of the discipline ." · Peter Collins ! Durham University " The book is one of the first full-length monographs on the cosmopolitan project in anthropology! and should draw a wide readership?[It]is well researched and brings together a wealth of important scholarly sources. Readers stand to learn much from the discussion ." · Lisette Josephides ! Queen's University Belfast Informationen zum Autor Nigel Rapport is Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies at the University of St. Andrews, where he directs the Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies. He has also held a Canada Research Chair in Globalization, Citizenship and Justice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Klappentext A critique of contemporary social-scientific writings on cosmopolitanism: an argument for cosmopolitanism as a version of identity, belonging and justice that is distinct from current nostra concerning multiculturalism, and that concerns our global humanity and our global individuality. An argument and exemplification concerning how a human science must deal with morality alongside social and psychological facts: the moral cannot and should not be kept distinct from the empirical in accounts of human life. A conceptualization of global humanity as being represented in unique individuals, as ‘Anyone’. An argument for ‘cosmopolitan politesse’ as a kind of civil-interactional scheme, a set of manners, that might recognize and accommodate the individual actor anywhere on the globe and at any time. Zusammenfassung The significance that people grant to their affiliations as members of nations! religions! classes! races! ethnicities and genders is evidence of the vital need for a cosmopolitan project that originates in the figure of Anyone - the universal and yet individual human being. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION: INTENT AND STRUCTURE A cosmopolitan project ‘Everyman’ and ‘Anyone’ Singular values Cosmopolitanism and liberalis Category-thinking and politeness Dead dogma? Envoi PART 1. COSMOPOLITANISM AND COSMOPOLIS: DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES 1.1 A History and Overview Founding moments Contemporary Voices and Issues Cosmopolitanism is a specific kind of morality Cosmopolitanism is a specific kind of normative programme ...
