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Cosmopolitanism

Ethics in a World of Strangers

2007·224 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

“A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”
— Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell

Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy―as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents― Cosmopolitanism is a moral manifesto for a planet we share with more than six billion strangers.

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Cosmopolitanism

Ethics in a World of Strangers

Year

2007

Pages

224

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Praise

“A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”
— Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell

Description

Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy―as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents― Cosmopolitanism is a moral manifesto for a planet we share with more than six billion strangers.

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