Conceiving Cosmopolitanism: Theory, Context, and Practice

This collection is a detailed exploration of cosmopolitanism written by eminent scholars and public intellectuals from many disciplines and cultural backgrounds. By challenging old assumptions and advancing new analytical frameworks, it provides a full and representative set of views on the nature, definition and prospects of cosmopolitanism as well as clarification and explication of different cosmopolitan traditions.

Steven Vertovec is Professor of Transnational Anthropology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin

Robin Cohen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick and currently Dean of Humanities at the University of Cape Town