Unit 8
This document discusses the concepts of cosmopolitanism, globalization, and multiculturalism. It explores ideas around identity, internationalism, elitism, political awareness, identification, loyalty, and tolerance as they relate to cosmopolitanism. Key figures discussed include Kwame Anthony Appiah, V.S. Naipaul, and Amaritya Sen. The document examines ideas of plural identities and clashes between identities, and critiques that see singular categorization and identity in favor of acknowledging plural identities and dialogue between civilizations. It discusses cosmopolitanism as involving choice, discovery, and responsibility toward priorities, different loyalties, and associations through a shared global humanity and plural-identity positioning.
Unit 8
- 2. COSMOPOLITANISMWhat is cosmopolitanism? What is the differencebetweenglobalization, multiculturalism and cosmpolitanism?The mainconceptswithincosmopolitanism are: identity, internationalism, elitism, politicalawareness, identification, loyality and tolerance
- 4. What does Appiah sayaboutCosmopolitanism and why?Interview Appiah
- 5. Who is V.S. Naipaul? Who is Amaritya Sen? Who is Stuart Hal in relation to identity and cosmoplitanism?
- 6. Plural identities (and clashes)Identity, social context, who are we and orwho want we to be? Different associations and affliations in anyparticular context; how do peopleseethemselvesorothers?The OtherMultiple identities; race, ethnicity, gender, sexualorientation, culture, nationality, education, religion, age, class, handicapped ….Fragmentation of selves and/or plural identitiesIdentities and violence (Sen); hiscritique of the influentialbookThe clash of civilization and the Remaking of the World order of Samuel Huntingtions=>responsibility of choice and reasoning
- 7. Anidentity- basedsharedcosmoplitanpositioningThe rejection and critique of the singularcategorization and identityinstead of a dialogueamongcivilizations and acknowledgment of plural identitiesCommunitybased thinking= selfrealization Cosmopolitanor plural positioning= choice, discovery and responsibilitytowardspriorities, different loyalities and associations; criticaltheory and 9/11 and the clash and otherexamples;( Rwanda, Bosnië, Burundi, Germany, South-Africa, NorthIreland, Spain )A sharedglobalhumanity, cosmopolitan and withplural-identityclassification and positioning
- 8. The art of being a foreigner
- 9. Identity, loyality, tolerance and cosmopolitinismaccording to Sen and Hall?The art of being a foreigner; globalization, multiculturalism and cosmopolitnismwww.artofbeingaforeigner.nl Read and analyse the url and giveanalysis of a cosmopolitanpersonality and explainyourchoice and reason.
- 10. AssignmentCommunity talk ongenderon Aruba; Feire’sapproach to selfrealization, dialoque, sharing and diversity