Cosmos

COSMOS


Cosmopolitanism is the ideology that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality. Cosmopolitanism may entail some sort of world government or it maysimply refer to more inclusive moral, economic, and/or political relationships between nations or individuals of different nations. A person who adheres to the idea of cosmopolitanism in any of itsforms is called a cosmopolitan or cosmopolite.[1]

A cosmopolitan community might be based on an inclusive morality, a shared economic relationship, or a political structure that encompasses differentnations. In its more positive versions, the cosmopolitan community is one in which individuals from different places (e.g. nation-states) form relationships of mutual respect. As an example, KwameAnthony Appiah suggests the possibility of a cosmopolitan community in which individuals from varying locations (physical, economic, etc.) enter relationships of mutual respect despite their differingbeliefs (religious, political, etc.).[2]





Contents
[hide] 1 Etymology
2 Philosophical cosmopolitanism 2.1 Philosophical roots
2.2 Modern cosmopolitan thinkers

3 Contemporarycosmopolitan thinkers
4 Political and sociological cosmopolitanism
5 Cosmopolitan art 5.1 Art Deco

6 See also
7 Notes
8 Resources
9 External links


[edit] Etymology

The word derivesfrom Greek cosmos Κόσμος (the Universe) and polis Πόλις (city).[citation needed]

[edit] Philosophical cosmopolitanism

Further information: Global justice, Moral universalism

[edit]Philosophical roots

Cosmopolitanism can be traced back to Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412 B.C.), the founding father of the Cynic movement in Ancient Greece. Of Diogenes it is said: "Asked where he came from,he answered: 'I am a citizen of the world (kosmopolitês)'".[3] This was a ground-breaking concept, because the broadest basis of social identity in Greece at that time was either the individual...