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Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality by Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport (2012, Uk-Trade Paper)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPluto Press
ISBN-100745329039
ISBN-139780745329031
eBay Product ID (ePID)117296533
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCommunity, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality
SubjectSociology / General, Globalization, Public Policy / Social Policy, General, International Relations / General, Social Psychology, Anthropology / General
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorVered Amit, Nigel Rapport
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsIn the innovative form of the learned dialogue, the authors address some of the most urgent questions in contemporary social theory, concerning cosmopolitanism and the pragmatics of social community. Thoughtfully and beautifully written in two distinctive styles, this is a highly original book crossing genres and disciplines in its quest for insight into the human condition., 'Thoughtfully and beautifully written, this is a highly original book crossing genres and disciplines in its quest for insight into the human condition', Amit and Rapport are 'good to think with' as they debate contemporary notions of and for human sociality. They unsettle in very productive ways anthropological understandings of cosmopolitanism and community by bringing Kant and Turner into dialogue with each other., 'Thoughtfully and beautifully written, this is a highly original book crossing genres and disciplines in its quest for insight into the human condition.', 'Unsettles in very productive ways anthropological understandings of cosmopolitanism and community.'
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal302.5
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Prologue: The Book's Structure Nigel Rapport and Vered Amit PART I COMMUNITY AND DISJUNCTION: THE CREATIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF EVERYDAY ENGAGEMENT Vered Amit 1. Community as 'Good to Think With': The Productiveness of Strategic Ambiguities. 2. Consociation and Communitas: The Ambiguous Charms of the Quotidian 3. Disjuncture as 'Good to Think With' 4. Mobility and Cosmopolitanism: Frustrated Aspirations towards disjuncture. Notes References PART II COSMOPOLITANISM: ACTORS, RELATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS BEYOND THE COMMUNITARIAN Nigel Rapport Preamble 5. Introduction: The Space of Cosmopolitanism, and the Cosmopolitan Subject 6. Cosmopolitan Living: People of the Air and Global Guests 7. Cosmopolitan Learning: Diffusion, Openness and Irony 8. Cosmopolitan Planning: Anyone, Society and Community 9. Epilogue: Cosmopolitanism and Culture Notes References PART III: DIALOGUE 10. Amit Responds to Rapport: When cosmopolitan rights are not enough 11. Rapport Responds to Amit: On the analytical need to deconstruct "community" Index
SynopsisDo notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole? This volume explores the nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organisational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilising and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport present an examination of the tensions and interactions between everyday forms of fluid fellowship, culturally normative claims to identity, and opportunities for realising a universal humanity., Examination of the changing nature of community, looking at mobile subjects such as migrants and business travellers, In this follow up to their widely read earlier volume, The Trouble with Community , Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport ask: 'Do notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, in the dislocating context of globalization, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole?' This volume explores the variable nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organizational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilizing and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. Here is an examination of the tensions and interactions between everyday forms of fluid fellowship, culturally normative claims to identity, and opportunities for realizing a universal humanity. The book offers a new perspective on human commonality through a dialogue between two eminent anthropologists who come from distinct, but complementary positions.
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