Minor Universality / Universalité mineure - Rethinking Humanity After Western Universalism / Penser l'humanité après l'universalisme occidental

The circulation and entanglements of human beings, data, and goods have not necessarily and by themselves generated a universalising consciousness. The "global" and the "universal", in other words, are not the same. The idea of a world-society remains highly contested. Our times are marked by the fragmentation of a double relativistic character: the inevitable critique of Western universalism on the one hand, and resurgent identitarian and neo-nationalistic claims to identity on the other. Sources of an argumentation for a strong universalism brought forward by Western traditions such as Christianity, Marxism, and Liberalism have largely lost their legitimation. All the while, manifold and situated narratives of a common world that re-address the universal are under way of being produced and gain significance. This volume tracks the development and relevance of such cultural and social practices that posit forms of what we call minor universality. It asks: Where and how do contemporary practices open up concrete settings so as to create experiences, reflections and agencies of a shared humanity?


With contributions by Isaac Bazié, Anil Bhatti, Jean-Luc Chappey, Elsie Cohen, Leyla Dakhli, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Nicole Fischer, Albert Gouaffo, Stefan Helgesson, Fatma Hotait, Christopher M. Hutton, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Mario Laarmann, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Olivier Remaud, Gisèle Sapiro, Bénédicte Savoy, Maria-Anna Schiffers, Laurens Schlicht, Sergio Ugalde Quintana, Hélène Thierard, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Markus Messling (Editore), Tinius (Editore), Jonas Tinius (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese, Francese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9783112214756
• ISBN: 978-3-11-221475-6
• Pagine: 381
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 23 mm x 230 mm
• Peso: 583 g
• Illustrazioni: 3 b/w and 15 col. ill.
• Serie: Beyond Universalism / Partager l'universel; Beyond Universalism / Partager l’universel
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica romanza; Französisch, Erzählungen, Ideengeschichte, Geistesgeschichte, Universalität, narratives, auseinandersetzen, Literature: history & criticism, LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LIT024060 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LIT024050 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PHI000000 PHILOSOPHY / General, POL045000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, universalism (critique of), Universalismuskritik, universality, kulturelle Agency, cultural agency