Conceiving cosmopolitanism : theory, context and practice

1. Introduction: conceiving cosmopolitanism PART 1 WINDOWS ON COSMOPOLITANISM 2. Political belonging in a world of multiple identities 3. Middle Eastern experiences of cosmopolitanism 4. Cosmopolitanism and the social experience of cities 5. Building cosmopolitanism for another age PART 2 THEORIES OF COSMOPOLITANISM 6. The cosmopolitan perspective: sociology in the second age of modernity 7. The class consciousness of frequent travellers: towards a critique of actually existing cosmopolitanism 8. Political community beyond the sovereign state, supranational federalism and transnational minorities 9. Four cosmopolitanism moments PART 3 CONTEXTS OF COSMOPOLITANISM 10. Colonial cosmopolitanism 11. Media corporatism and cosmopolitanism 12. Both sides now: culture contact, hybridisation and cosmopolitanism 13. Cosmopolitanism at the local level: the development of transnational neighbourhoods PART 4 PRACTICES OF COSMOPOLITANISM 14. Not universalists, not pluralists: the new cosmopolitans find their own way 15. Interests and identities in cosmopolitan politics 16. Cosmopolitan harm conventions 17. Cosmopolitanism and organised violence