Perpetual War Cosmopolitanism from the Viewpoint of Violence

Name: Perpetual War Cosmopolitanism from the Viewpoint of Violence
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ISBN: 9780822352099

ISBN-10: 0822352095

ISBN-13: 9780822352099

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bruce Robbins, Bruce W. Robbins

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InPerpetual War, the distinguished cultural theorist Bruce Robbins turns his attention to cosmopolitanism, arguing that the moral import of the concept must be restored. Where it once stood for a loyalty that transcended the nation and encompassed humanity as a whole, cosmopolitanism has come to indicate the movement of peoples and cultures and the creative mixtures that emerge as they interact.Perpetual Waris an impassioned call for American intellectuals to reconfigure cosmopolitanism for our time, partly by recovering its humanist ethics.Robbins develops his entreaty through a series of essays. In each one, he engages with the thought of a notable intellectual, from Noam Chomsky, Edward…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 5/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Cosmopolitanism, New and Newer: Anthony Appiah



Noam Chomsky's Golden Rule



Blaming the System: Immanuel Wallerstein



The Sweatshop Sublime



Edward Said and Effort



Intellectuals in Public, or Elsewhere



War Without Belief: Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club



Comparative National Blaming: W. G. Sebald on the Bombing of Germany


Notes


Bibliography


Index