Community, cosmopolitanism and the problem of human commonality /

Examination of the changing nature of community, looking at mobile subjects such as migrants and business travellers.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Amit, Vered, 1955-
Other Authors: Rapport, Nigel, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto, 2012.
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society.
Subjects:
Communities > Sociological aspects.
Globalization > Sociological aspects.
Social integration > Sociological aspects.
Cosmopolitanism > Sociological aspects.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Group identity > Sociological aspects.
Communauté > Aspect sociologique.
Mondialisation > Aspect sociologique.
Intégration sociale > Aspect sociologique.
Cosmopolitisme > Aspect sociologique.
Identité.
Identité collective > Aspect sociologique.
identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: Community and disjunction: the creativity and uncertainty of everyday engagement. Community as 'Good to Think With': The Productiveness of Strategic Ambiguities
  • Consociation and Communitas: The Ambiguous Charms of the Quotidian
  • Disjuncture as 'Good to Think With'
  • Mobility and Cosmopolitanism: Frustrated Aspirations towards disjuncture. PART II: Cosmopolitanism: actors, relations and institutions beyond the communitarian. The Space of Cosmopolitanism, and the Cosmopolitan Subject
  • Cosmopolitan Living: People of the Air and Global Guests
  • Cosmopolitan Learning: Diffusion, Openness and Irony
  • Cosmopolitan Planning: Anyone, Society and Community
  • Epilogue: Cosmopolitanism and Culture. PART III: Dialogue. Amit Responds to Rapport: When cosmopolitan rights are not enough
  • Rapport Responds to Amit: On the analytical need to deconstruct "community."

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