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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony Appiah |
| ISBN: | 0393061558 9780393061550 9780393329339 039332933X 9780141027814 0141027819 |
| OCLC Number: | 61445790 |
| Description: | xxi, 196 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The shattered mirror -- The escape from positivism -- Facts on the ground -- Moral disagreement -- The primacy of practice -- Imaginary strangers -- Cosmopolitan contamination -- Whose culture is it, anyway? -- The counter-cosmopolitans -- Kindness to strangers. |
| Series Title: | Issues of our time (W.W. Norton & Company) |
| Responsibility: | Kwame Anthony Appiah. |
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Abstract:
Reviving the ancient philosophy of "Cosmopolitanism," a school of thought that dates to the Cynics of the fourth century BCE, Appiah traces its influence through history to show how Western intellectuals and leaders have wildly exaggerated the power of difference--and neglected the power of one.
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Elegantly provocative. . . . Appiah is so sure-footed and gracious in his explorations that one feels engaged, hopeful, advocating his cosmopolitan ambitions. --Edward Rothstein
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