Cosmopolitan Vision, Paperback by Beck, Ulrich; Cronin, Ciaran (TRN), ISBN 0745633994, ISBN-13 9780745633992, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Beck (sociology, Ludwig-Maximilian U. of Munich, Germany) charts the "conceptual topography of the cosmopolitan outlook," arguing for the adoption of a cosmopolitan realism that is not reducible to multiculturalism or globalization. This cosmopolitan realism must recognize actually existing cosmopolitanism and is further constituted by principles aware of a civilizational community of fate, respectful of cosmopolitan differences, open to cosmopolitan empathy and perspective-taking, and knowledgeable about the need to mix cosmopolitanism with provincialism. Distributed in the US by Blackwell Publishing. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()