Beyond Cosmopolitanism

Considering the different traditions of cosmopolitan thinking and experimentation, this cutting edge volume examine the contemporary revival of cosmopolitanism as a response to the challenges of living in an interdependent world and going beyond the limits of both relativism and universalism. Through a unique multidisciplinary approach, it takes the debate beyond the one-sided universalism of the Euro-American world and explores the multiverse of transformations that cosmopolitanism is confronted with. It contends that cosmopolitanization, building upon Ulrich Beck's distinction between cosmopolitanism and consmoplitanization, is an ongoing process of critique, creativity and border-crossing which involve transformations in self, culture, society, economy and polity. In the field of self-development, cosmopolitanization involves development of a transcendental self and a transnational citizenship. Cosmopolitanization, as inclusion of the other, builds upon contemporary strivings in economics, politics, religions and spiritual mobilizations embodying post-capitalist, post-national and post-religious spiritual formations. The collection highlights central questions of cosmopolitan responsibility, global citizenship and justice as well as the importance of dialogue among civilizations, cultures, religions and traditions. Exploring the ethical and political dimensions of globalization through the concept of , it outlines the pathways of going beyond cosmopolitanism by striving for a post-colonial cosmopolis characterized by global justice, trans-civilizational dialogues and dignity for all.