Cosmopolitanism and patriotism: questions of identity, membership and belonging

Must we choose between cosmopolitanism and patriotism or, as A. Kwame Appiah defends, can we be cosmopolitan patriots or rooted cosmopolitans? This paper’s main purpose is to reflect upon the similarities and differences of cosmopolitanism and patriotism, focussing on the problems of world citizensh...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Silva, Elisabete Mendes (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2011
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4015
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/4015
Descrição
Resumo:Must we choose between cosmopolitanism and patriotism or, as A. Kwame Appiah defends, can we be cosmopolitan patriots or rooted cosmopolitans? This paper’s main purpose is to reflect upon the similarities and differences of cosmopolitanism and patriotism, focussing on the problems of world citizenship and accounting for the role of local identities, nowadays.