Includes bibliographical references [263]-291 and index.
The rise and decline of classical cosmopolitanism -- Contemporary cosmopolitanism and social theory -- Global ethics, solidarity and the problem of violence -- Cosmopolitan citizenship and the post-sovereign state -- Multiculturalism from a cosmopolitan perspective -- Religion in a cosmopolitan society -- Cosmopolitanism, modernity and global history -- Cosmopolitanism and European political community -- Europe as a borderland -- Conclusion : inter-cultural dialogue in a post-Western world.
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Delanty presents a fresh assessment of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought, examining the failures to respond to globalization and intercultural communication. He avoids a purely normative conception of cosmopolitanism and reduces it to an expression of diversity taking in non-Western cultures.