Cosmopolitanism by Dipesh Chakrabarty

Cosmopolitanism by Dipesh Chakrabarty

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This title addresses the question of whether cosmopolitanism - ways of thinking, feeling, and acting beyond one's particular society - is simply the universalism of a Western particular.

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Cosmopolitanism by Dipesh Chakrabarty

This title addresses the question of whether cosmopolitanism - ways of thinking, feeling, and acting beyond one's particular society - is simply the universalism of a Western particular.

Carol A. Breckenridge teaches at the in the department of South Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago and is the founding editor of Public Culture.

Sheldon Pollock is George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Studies at the University of Chicago.

Homi K. Bhabha is Professor of English and African-American Studies at Harvard University.

Dipesh Chakrabarty teaches in the departments of history and South Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago.

Sheldon Pollock is the The William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and

Indian Studies in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and

Cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of

The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit,

culture, and power in premodern India (2006) and editor of a number

of books, including LITERARY CULTURES IN HISTORY: RECONSTRUCTIONS

FROM SOUTH ASIA (2003) and (w/Homi Bhabha, Carol Breckenridge, and

Dipesh Chakrabarty) COSMOPOLITANISM (Duke, 2002).

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ISBN 13 9780822328995
ISBN 10 0822328992
Title Cosmopolitanism
Author Dipesh Chakrabarty
Series A Public Culture Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Duke University Press
Year published 2002-05-10
Number of pages 260
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