Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism does have its limits in achieving its aims. It is necessary that one tracks the historical roots of cosmopolitanism to understand what visions it sets out to propose for IR. In Hellenic era, cosmopolitanism finds its meaning when Alexandrian intermarriage took place (Russel, 1945: 220), introducing the concept of ‘mankind as a whole’. Similar notion came into being in Stoicism in which people, apart from their own local identity, are united under a world citizenship (Nussbaum, 2010:

coexist in peace. This ideology is called cosmopolitanism. The idea of a cosmopolitan society has been around for thousands of years, it has created controversial arguments on whether its principles could benefit our community by helping us achieve a deeper level of understanding towards one another. Throughout the world, there are disputes because of our different perspectives and values. What if we could mitigate conflicts by integrating cosmopolitanism into our daily lives? In Appiah’s text, Making

Cosmopolitanism is also shown in the arts, which is an engagement with the cultural and artistic and literature life of our societies. The ownership of art belongs to all humankind rather than the geographic location where it was created. Appiah writes “much of the greatest art is flamboyantly international; much ignores nationality altogether.”(126) Similar with Appiah’s critique of science worship, people failed at recognizing the fixed form of judgment that we use when it comes to art appreciation

In Kwame Appiah’s introduction chapter, Critical Thinking, he delves into the topic of cosmopolitanism and its necessity within our modern world. Appiah claims that while complete cosmopolitanism may not be obtainable or optimal partial cosmopolitanism is the ideal model for us to follow. He supports this claim by highlighting that the modern world is expanding rapidly in its population leading to a critical need for conversations to be established amongst ourselves. As a civilization who is divided

respect of human rights projects and global social justice cosmopolitanism is necessary. Looking at cosmopolitism’s roots, features and limits through the lenses of authors Fine, Held and Calhoun to further address the importance of this ideal regardless of its weaknesses. Following the debate of whether critics are right about cosmopolitanisms liberal biases undermining its critical potential will be discussed, to suggest where cosmopolitanism needs adjustments in order to progress. Lastly, this paper

the planet. Not only are we destructive to the environment and creatures around us, we are destructive to each other as well. We often act before stopping and considering our options. Kill or be Killed in a sense. If there we used the idea of cosmopolitanism more in our daily lives, and thought a little bit more before acting, perhaps the world would be a much different place. If people stopped and though about how badly we have affected the environment before throwing their recyclables in the trash

Due to the wave of the World Values Surveys which was conducted in 57 countries around the world, more than 30 percent of the 65,269 respondents, seriously, identified themselves as the citizens of the world. So the Cosmopolitanism is an important and remarkable phenomenon (Miller, 2010). The Cosmopolitan, is the attitude to yourself as a person, a citizen of the world and this attachment is voluntary and selective (Bayram, 2014: 2). When we talk about the cosmopolitan, it can be imagined a cultural-social

The author argues that the idea of cosmopolitanism is very deeply rooted in Western philosophy and thought. Starting from the antics, it survived the passive medieval times and reappeared in the modern era with improved strength. Although cosmopolitanism represents constantly present answer to important social questions posed in different times, its presence and eminence changed due to and in relation to the character of certain historical period. Cosmopolitan idea was introduced to philosophy by

Assessment criteria As for the core values of the proposed cosmopolitan model (and new shape of global political order should, in our view, be cosmopolitan in nature), it is rooted in equal moral dignity of all men. Cosmopolitanism has to pledge for global democracy of individuals (but also of ethnic groups and states, at least in initial phases of reform process), where all people should ideally be authorized to participate in decision-making that would later oblige them. Differences in power (though

nationalism. He argued that all humans living in the world formed a multi-cultural and cross border patriotism and he refused defining nationalities by national border. In this essay, I will try to explain the ideas of Kant’s cosmopolitanism against the nationalism. Even though cosmopolitanism is an old idea from Ancient Greek times, the idea did not appear again in the philosophical area until Kant proposed his new nationality idea. Kant wanted to find a solution to all international conflicts and achieve