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The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated while globally connected and mobile has never seemed more possible than today. Through a classical sociological approach, this book analyzes the political, technological and cultural systems underlying cosmopolitanism.
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The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism Also by Gavin Kendall STATE, DEMOCRACY AND GLOBALIZATION (with Roger King) UNDERSTANDING CULTURE Culture, Order, Ordering (with Gary Wickham) USING FOUCAULT’S METHODS (with Gary Wickham) Also by Ian Woodward UNDERSTANDING MATERIAL CULTURE Also by Zlatko Skrbis CONSTRUCTING SINGAPORE (with Michael Barr) LONG-DISTANCE NATIONALISM The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism Globalization, Identity, Culture and Government Gavin Kendall Queensland University of Technology, Australia Ian Woodward Griffith University, Australia and Zlatko Skrbis The University of Queensland, Australia © Gavin Kendall, Ian Woodward and Zlatko Skrbis 2009 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN-13: 978-0-230-00868-7 ISBN-10: 0-230-00868-2 hardback hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 18 9 17 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 09 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents Notes on the Authors vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction Cosmopolitanism: a brief definition Distinguishing globalization and cosmopolitanism The structure of the book 1 1 1 3 1 Problems in the Field of Cosmopolitanism Introduction Conceptualizing cosmopolitanism: four problems The problem of indeterminacy The problem of identification The problem of attribution Globalization, cosmopolitanism and the problem of government The cosmopolitan disposition The sociology of cosmopolitanism: the major themes of the book 12 12 14 14 15 18 19 2 The Question of Belonging: The Nation State and Beyond Introduction Local vs cosmopolitan The cosmopolitan project, the nation state and beyond The politics of imaginative realism: