Essays about: "Cosmopolitanism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 70 essays containing the word Cosmopolitanism.

  1. 16. Cosmopolitanism as an Antidote to American Nationalism in Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Serra Hughes; [2019]
    Keywords : cosmopolitanism; American nationalism; Mohsin Hamid; 9 11; AK Appiah;

    Abstract : This essay explores how The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid offers a potential cosmopolitan antidote to the myths of American nationalism which allow the United States to pursue self-interested policies abroad that consequently deny the humanity of those who are seen as commodities or collateral damage. Using Richard T. READ MORE

  3. 17. Membership, Morality and Global Justice : A Study of Feminist Contributions to Cosmopolitan Ethics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sigurros Svöfudottir; [2019]
    Keywords : Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; Feminist Ethics; Global Justice; Structural Injustice; Human Rights; Right to Membership; State Sovereignty; Displaced Persons;

    Abstract : This paper is a project based on a theoretical approach, where my aim is to search for the core elements of a viable feminist cosmopolitan ethics.  To further that purpose I identify, discuss, and compare some of the main components of such an ethics as proposed by political theorists Seyla Benhabib and Iris Marion Young. READ MORE

  4. 18. Students Without Borders? : an analysis of the role of digital media in the lives of international students at Lund University

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Timothy Parker; [2019]
    Keywords : International Students; Digital Media; Social Media; Mediatization; Cosmopolitanism; Conviviality; Multiculturalism; Transnationalism; Sweden; Mobility.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : International students at Lund University are constantly engaged with their mobile devices. Communication conducted through these devices across a variety of digital and social media platforms facilitates a significant amount of everyday communication, on both a local and transnational level. READ MORE

  5. 19. Cosmopolitan Soft Skills : Capturing the Toolkit Fostering Human Flourishing by an Intersecting of Theory and Empirical Data

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Blanka Rósa; [2019]
    Keywords : flourishing; cosmopolitan soft skills; critical realism; positive psychology; capabilities approach; cosmopolitanism;

    Abstract : While globalisation is a multidimensional phenomenon, present educational foci tend to lie not on preparing students for a complex, globalised 21stcentury, but on preparing students for a 21st-century economic globalisation. In order to advocate a change of consciousness, this present study examines the concept of human flourishing and the skills – referred to as cosmopolitan soft skills – fostering the phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 20. It’s a little bit like drawing the lottery : A study of American and British expats’ educational strategies in Berlin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Linn Björklund Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Sociology of education; reproduction strategies; school choice; expat; Berlin; Germany; Utbildningssociologi; utbildningsstrategier; skolval; expats; Berlin; Tyskland;

    Abstract : This study examines American and British middle class expats’ educational strategies in Berlin, Germany, from a Bourdieusian perspective. I argue that globalization and an increased mover population make it necessary to study the expat population, a social group that has been largely neglected in sociological research. READ MORE