The Ashgate Research Companion to Cosmopolitanism

This collection of twenty-three essays on cosmopolitanism showcases current research in the social sciences and humanities into this broad cultural and historical concept that plays an important role in studies from many disciplines on the development personal identities, multicultural societies and progressive global world views. Divided into section covering cultural cosmopolitanism, political cosmopolitanism and academic debates, articles discuss topics such as cosmopolitanism and consumption, the cosmopolitan city, Kant, cosmopolitanism and natural law, borders as connections, cosmopolitanism and mobility and cosmopolitanism and political liberalism. Contributors include academics in sociology and the humanities from universities around the world. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Maria Rovisco is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. She has published articles on mediated cosmopolitanism, globalization, and on the cultural borders of Europe. Among her recent publications are the co-edited books Cosmopolitanism in Practice (2009), The Ashgate Research Companion to Cosmopolitanism (2011) and Cosmopolitanism, Religion and the Public Sphere (2014). Magdalena Nowicka, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany