The Cosmopolitan Imagination
The Renewal of Critical Social Theory
$118.29
- Paperback
308 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2009
Summary
Gerard Delanty provides a comprehensive assessment of the idea of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought which links cosmopolitan theory with critical social theory. He argues that cosmopolitanism has a critical dimension which offers a solution to one of the weaknesses in the critical theory tradition: failure to respond to the challenges of globalization and intercultural communication. Critical cosmopolitanism, he proposes, is an approach that is not only relevant to social scient…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521695459 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521695457 |
| Author: | Gerard Delanty |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 308 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 15mm |
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‘The revival of critical theory needs a cosmopolitan vision and Gerard Delanty has achieved this with an important and inspiring book.’ Ulrich Beck, Professor of Sociology, University of Munich and London School of Economics and Political Science
About The Author
Gerard Delanty
Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology and Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex.
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