Cosmopolitanism
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Cosmopolitanism is the ideology that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality. This is contrasted with communitarian and particularistic theories, especially the ideas of patriotism and nationalism.Template:Citation needed Cosmopolitanism may entail some sort of world government or it may simply refer to more inclusive moral, economic, and/or political relationships between nations or individuals of different nations. A person who adheres to the idea of cosmopolitanism in any of its forms is called cosmopolite.
The cosmopolitan community might be based on an inclusive morality, a shared economic relationship, or a political structure that encompasses different nations. In its more positive versions, the cosmopolitan community is one in which individuals from different places (e.g nation-states) form relationships of mutual respect. As an example, Kwame Anthony Appiah suggests the possibility of a cosmopolitan community in which individuals from varying locations (physical, economic, etc.) enter relationships of mutual respect despite their differing beliefs (religious, political, etc.).
The word derives from Greek cosmos Κόσμος (the Universe) and polis Πόλις (city).
See also
- Anti-nationalism
- Anti-patriotism
- Cosmopolitan (disambiguation)
- Cross-culturalism
- Europeanism
- Globalization
- Democratic globalization
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Existential migration
- Global justice
- Global Citizens Movement
- Interculturalism
- Polyculturalism
- Internationalism (politics)
- Multiculturalism
- Rootless cosmopolitan
- Transnationalism
- Ulf Hannerz
- World citizen
- Liberalism