European cosmopolitanism in question

Cosmopolitanism is currently one of the most prominent topics in the social sciences and humanities, and a key concept for understanding globalization. This collection of essays, featuring a line-up of leading international scholars, argues that most work on cosmopolitanism uses a normative model, rather than fully interrogating the issue empirically, comparatively and globally.

This ambitious and ground-breaking collection will push the boundaries of the debate on cosmopolitanism into new areas, opening up new lines of inquiry and analysis that will have an impact on the study of globalization and global process for years to come.

Contents:

European cosmopolitanism: a critical introduction - Anne Sophie Krossa & Roland Robertson
1. Why 'European cosmopolitanism'? - Anne Sophie Krossa
2. Some comments on cosmopolitanism and Europe - Robert Holton
3. Cosmopolitanism in social theory: an ambivalent defence - Daniel Chernilo
4. Divided time: notes on cosmopolitanism and the theory of second modernity - Andreas Langenohl
5. Cosmopolitanism as a concept for tolerant demarcation - Jürgen Schraten
6. Cosmopolitan liberalism and its limits - Craig Calhoun
7. Cosmopolitan trends across world regions: discerning a European exceptionalism - Victor Roudometof & William Haller
8. The Obama effect: confronting the political and and the cosmopolitics of the real - Pnina Werbner
9. European cosmopolitanism and the global field - Roland Robertson