Cosmopolitanisms

by Magdalena Edwards and Kwame Anthony Appiah

Book Overview

An indispensable collection that re-examines what it means to belong in the world.

"Where are you from?" The word cosmopolitan was first used as a way of evading exactly this question, when Diogenes the Cynic declared himself a "kosmo-polites," or citizen of the world. Cosmopolitanism displays two impulses--on the one hand, a detachment from one's place of origin, while on the other, an assertion of membership in some larger, more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479863238
• ISBN13: 9781479863235
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"