The lost history of cosmopolitanism : the early modern origins of the intellectual ideal

著者

    • Penman, Leigh

書誌事項

The lost history of cosmopolitanism : the early modern origins of the intellectual ideal

Leigh T.I. Penman

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, c2021

  • : pb

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全2件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

"First published in Great Britain 2021. This paperback edition published in 2022"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [171]-200

Includes index

Summary on USMARC: "This book provides the first intellectual history of cosmopolitan ideas in the early modern age. The roots of modern cosmopolitanism can be traced back to as early as the 1500s when a meta-narrative and awareness of the cosmopolitan idea came into existence. Unearthing occurrences of cosmopolitan language in popular media and analysing the writings of leading thinkers, Leigh T.I. Penman illustrates how cosmopolitanism was not, as previously thought, purely secular and inclusive but could be sacred and exclusive too. And, significantly, this book reveals the extent to which these contesting ideas of cosmopolitanism influenced the modern concept of the cosmopolitan"--Provided by publisher

収録内容

  • Strangers, citizens and sojourners : towards a vocabulary of the cosmopolitan
  • Hieroglyphics of empire
  • Theatres of the world
  • The cosmopolitan inversion
  • Sharing Diogenes's tub
  • Heavenly cities of the eighteenth-century philosophers

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Lost History of Cosmopolitanism challenges our most basic assumptions about the history of an ideal at the heart of modernity. Beginning in antiquity and continuing through to today, Leigh T.I. Penman examines how European thinkers have understood words like 'kosmopolites', 'cosmopolite', 'cosmopolitan' and its cognates. The debates over their meanings show that there has never been a single, stable cosmopolitan concept, but rather a range of concepts-sacred and secular, inclusive and exclusive-all described with the cosmopolitan vocabulary. While most scholarly attention in the history of cosmopolitanism has focussed on Greek and Roman antiquity or the Enlightenments of the 18th century, this book shows that the crucial period in the evolution of modern cosmopolitanism was early modernity. Between 1500 and 1800 philosophers, theologians, cartographers, jurists, politicians, alchemists and heretics all used this vocabulary, shedding ancient associations, and adding new ones at will. The chaos of discourses prompted thinkers to reflect on the nature of the cosmopolitan ideal, and to conceive of an abstract 'cosmopolitanism' for the first time. This meticulously researched book provides the first intellectual history of an overlooked period in the evolution of a core ideal. As such, The Lost History of Cosmopolitanism is an essential work for anyone seeking a contextualised understanding of cosmopolitanism today.

目次

Preface 1. Towards a Vocabulary of the Cosmopolitan 2. Hieroglyphics of Empire 3. Theatres of the World 4. Cities of God 5. Sharing Diogenes' Tub 6. Heavenly Cities of the 18th-Century Philosophers Afterword: Back to the Future Bibliography Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ