Naslov
Sequestered Cosmopolitanism – an Exception or a New Paradigm?

Autori
Beroš, Marin

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Reconceptualizing the State of Exception and its Challenges to Democracy and Rights in Europe

Mjesto i datum
On-line, 07.06.2021. - 08.06.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
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Ključne riječi
Cosmopolitanism, Global society, Social distancing, Solidarity

Sažetak
Even before the crisis brought upon by global pandemic, cosmopolitanism was seen as „a noble but flawed ideal“. A moral outlook, but with little bearings on wider political world, notwithstanding the efforts of theorists who worked towards cosmopolitan democracy. After a full year of „social distancing“ that transformed our world, the question arises – what will happen to the idea that so heavily relies on human commonality, togetherness and sociability if all those features are severely lacking in our everyday lives? Will this prolonged „state of exception“ redesign our society and our political arrangements in such a way that the idea of solidarity across the borders will become not just unattainable, but utterly unimaginable? Will global society remain just a dream from some earlier, more naïve times? Or is it still possible to be a cosmopolitan, “a king of infinite space”, even when we are forcefully sequestered in our tiny nutshells? The paper will confront this changing socio-political landscape in order to provide an examination of changes in the cosmopolitan idea in general – and probably to give a little hope for uncertain future.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Sociologija, Filozofija

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