The Cosmopolitan

Author : Toby Cecchini
Publisher : Crown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780767912112

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Cosmopolitan by Toby Cecchini Pdf

Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life at Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the sometimes annoying, sometimes outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, lust, and the sheer desire to bust loose and party. It's not a pretty picture, but it's always compelling through the gimlet-eyed gaze of the author. As his typical day progresses, from the almost pastoral quiet of opening the bar and setting up to the gathering rush of customers dropping in after work to the sheer madness of catering to a crazed crush of funseekers, Toby Cecchini muses over a life spent in the service industry and the fascinating particulars of his chosen profession. Topics touched on include dealing with regulars, both welcome and not; sex and the bartender; cocktail connoisseurs (and drinks he refuses to make); learning the bartending ropes of the Odeon when young and newly arrived in New York; the sheer man-killing pace of keeping those drinks coming at flood tide; and the manifold varieties of weirdness and bad behavior that every bartender has to learn how to manage. Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is the hip, behind-the-scenes look at the frenzied yet undeniably fun atmosphere of that great establishment—the bar—and Toby Cecchini is, by turns, witty, acute, mordant, and lyrical in dealing with the realities of his job, shedding plenty of light on the hidden corners of what people do when they go out at night.

Author : Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674052499

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The Cosmopolitan Tradition by Martha C. Nussbaum Pdf

The cosmopolitan political tradition defines people not according to nationality, family, or class but as equally worthy citizens of the world. Martha Nussbaum pursues this “noble but flawed” vision, confronting its inherent tensions over material distribution, differential abilities, and the ideological conflicts inherent to pluralistic societies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010410426

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The Cosmopolitan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bettina R. Scholz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739189986

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The Cosmopolitan Potential of Exclusive Associations by Bettina R. Scholz Pdf

This book assesses to what extent transnational non-state associations help to cultivate greater respect for the moral equality of all humans and to build transnational communities. It shows that such cosmopolitan ideals can arise from unexpected places in our world without the self-conscious intention of advancing a common human community.

Author : Michael Keith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134294534

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After the Cosmopolitan? by Michael Keith Pdf

After the Cosmopolitan? argues that both racial divisions and intercultural dialogue can only be understood in the context of the urbanism through which they are realized. All the key debates in cultural theory and urban studies are covered in detail: the growth of cultural industries and the marketing of cities social exclusion and violence the nature of the ghetto the cross-disciplinary conceptualization of cultural hybridity the politics of third-way social policy. In considering the ways in which race is played out in the world's most eminent cities, Michael Keith shows that neither the utopian naiveté of some invocations of cosmopolitan democracy, nor the pessimism of multicultural hell can adequately make sense of the changing nature of contemporary metropolitan life. Authoritative and informative, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers of anthropology, cultural studies, geography, politics and sociology.

Author : Richard Beardsworth,Garrett Wallace Brown,Richard Shapcott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192520890

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The State and Cosmopolitan Responsibilities by Richard Beardsworth,Garrett Wallace Brown,Richard Shapcott Pdf

This book explores the role that states might play in promoting a cosmopolitan condition as an agent of cosmopolitanism rather than an obstacle to it. In doing so the book seeks to develop recent arguments in favour of locating cosmopolitan moral and political responsibility at the state level as either an alternative to, or a corollary of, cosmopolitanism as it is more commonly understood qua requiring transnational or global bearers of responsibility. As a result, the contributions in this volume see an on-going role for the state, but also its transformation, perhaps only partially, into a more cosmopolitan-minded institution — instead of a purely 'national' or particularistic one. It therefore makes the case that the state as a form of political community can be reconciled with various form of cosmopolitan responsibility. In this way the book will address the question of how states, in the present, and in the future, can be better bearers of cosmopolitan responsibilities?

Author : Jon Binnie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415344921

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Cosmopolitan Urbanism by Jon Binnie Pdf

Renowned editors and contributors have come together to produce one of the first books to tackle cosmopolitanism from a geographical perspective. It employs a range of approaches to provide a valuable grounded treatment.

Author : Namsoon Kang
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827205369

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Cosmopolitan Theology by Namsoon Kang Pdf

In Cosmopolitan Theology, author Namsoon Kang proposes a theology that embraces and at the same time moves beyond collective identity position and group-based allegiances. It crosses borders of gender, race, nationality, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, and ability. Kang offers a vision of a global community of radical inclusion, solidarity, and deep compassion and justice for others. Blending theology with philosophy, she crosses borders of academism and activism, and the discursive borders of modernism, postmodernism, feminism, and postcolonialism. Cosmopolitan Theology sheds a new light both in academia and the community of Christian believers by providing a public relevance of Jesus' teaching of neighbor-love, hospitality, and solidarity in our world today.

Author : Deborah Starr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135974077

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Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt by Deborah Starr Pdf

Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a theoretical, literary and historical approach, the author argues that the notion of the cosmopolitan is inseparable from, and indebted to, its foundation in empire. Since the late 1970s a number of artistic works have appeared that represent the diversity of ethnic, national, and religious communities present in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During this period of direct and indirect European domination, the cosmopolitan society evident in these texts thrived. Through detailed analysis of these texts, which include contemporary novels written in Arabic and Hebrew as well as Egyptian films, the implications of the close relationship between colonialism and cosmopolitanism are explored. This comparative study of the contemporary literary and cultural revival of interest in Egypt’s cosmopolitan past will be of interest to students of Middle Eastern Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies and Jewish Studies.

Author : H Patrick Glenn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199682423

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The Cosmopolitan State by H Patrick Glenn Pdf

The idea of the 'nation-state' has failed, Glenn argues, and a major shift in our understanding of the state is needed. He provides an original approach by situating cosmopolitanism in its historical context and demonstrating that the state is necessarily cosmopolitan in character, and has always been subject to transnational law-making.

Author : Caroline Humphrey,Vera Skvirskaja
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857455109

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Post-cosmopolitan Cities by Caroline Humphrey,Vera Skvirskaja Pdf

Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. The case studies here share the situation of having been incorporated in previous political regimes (imperial, colonial, socialist) that one way or another created their own kind of cosmopolitanism, and now these cities are experiencing the aftermath of these regimes while being exposed to new national politics and migratory flows of people. Caroline Humphrey is a Research Director in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She has worked in the USSR/Russia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, and India. Her research interests include socialist and post-socialist society, religion, ritual, economy, history, and the contemporary transformations of cities. Vera Skvirskaja is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Copenhagen University. She has worked in arctic Siberia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Her recent research interests include urban cosmopolitanism, educational migration in Europe and coexistence in the post-Soviet city.

Author : Professor Amos Nascimento,Professor Matthias Lutz-Bachmann
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472402042

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Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Cosmopolitan Ideals by Professor Amos Nascimento,Professor Matthias Lutz-Bachmann Pdf

This book makes a significant contribution to the on-going international dialogue on the meaning of concepts such as human rights, humanity, and cosmopolitanism. The authors propose a new agenda for research into a Critical Theory of Human Rights. Each chapter pursues three goals: to reconstruct modern philosophical theories that have contributed to our views on human rights; to highlight the importance of humanity and human dignity as a complementary dimension to liberal rights; and, finally, to integrate these issues more directly in contemporary discussions about cosmopolitanism. The authors not only present multicultural perspectives on how to rethink political and international theory in terms of the normativity of human rights, but also promote an international dialogue on the prospects for a critical theory of human rights discourses in the 21st century.

Author : Patrick Hayden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351948289

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Cosmopolitan Global Politics by Patrick Hayden Pdf

Cosmopolitan conceptions of justice in global politics are gaining in importance in the field of international political theory. Cosmopolitanism claims that we owe duties of justice to all the persons of the world and thus that normative theories of global politics should focus first on the interests or welfare of persons rather than of states. Providing a thorough analysis of relevant literature and covering issues such as war and conflict, peace and human security, accountability for gross violations of human rights, environmental degradation, and the democratic deficit in transnational political actions and institutions, Patrick Hayden deftly examines the connections between accounts of cosmopolitanism and the part they play in contemporary global politics. He identifies competing theories of cosmopolitanism and defends them as strategies for serving the aims of justice in world affairs. Furthermore, he explores how cosmopolitan theories can function positively in processes of shaping international norms.

Author : Berthold Schoene
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748640836

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Cosmopolitan Novel by Berthold Schoene Pdf

While traditionally the novel has been seen as tracking the development of the nation state, Schoene queries if globalisation might currently be prompting the emergence of a new sub-genre of the novel that is adept at imagining global community. The book introduces a new generation of contemporary British writers (Rachel Cusk, Kiran Desai, Hari Kunzru, Jon McGregor and David Mitchell) whose work is read against that of established novelists Arundhati Roy, James Kelman and Ian McEwan. Each chapter explores a different theoretical key concept, including 'glocality', 'glomicity', 'tour du monde', 'connectivity' and 'compearance'. Key Features:* Defines the new genre of the 'cosmopolitan novel' by reading contemporary British fiction as responsive to new global socio-economic formations* Expands knowledge of world culture, national identity, literary creativity and political agency by introducing concepts from globalisation and cosmopolitan theory into literary studies * Explores debates on Britishness and 'the contemporary' with close reference to the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9/11/1989 and the World Trade Centre attacks on 11/9/2001 * Introduces a new generation of British writers within a complex global context by drawing on Jean-Luc Nancy's work on community and creative world-formation

Author : Gerard Delanty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139483278

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The Cosmopolitan Imagination by Gerard Delanty Pdf

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 scientific analysis but also normatively grounded in a critical attitude. Delanty's argument for a critical, sociologically oriented cosmopolitanism aims to avoid, on the one hand, purely normative conceptions of cosmopolitanism and, on the other, approaches that reduce cosmopolitanism to the empirical expression of diversity. He attempts to take cosmopolitan theory beyond the largely Western context with which it has generally been associated, claiming that cosmopolitan analysis must now take into account non-Western expressions of cosmopolitanism.