Toward a Cosmopolitical Democracy: Process over Ends

Authors

Rebecca Lea McCarthy, Kaplan UniversityFollow

Abstract

“Towards a Cosmopolitical Democracy” argues that in order for cosmopolitanism to effectively challenge destructive forms of nationalism, misguided universalism, and economic globalism, it must be rearticulated conceptually and philosophically for today’s world as a cosmopolitical process rather than a set ideal or vision. This cosmopolitical process is best promoted in the realm of rhetoric and praxis, where everyday practices and values between self and collective interest are navigated using a Bakhtinian understanding of the dialogic imagination, as well as a “double process” of negotiation between the universal and the particular, both cognitively (Burke, 1970) and across cultures (Tarrow, 2005).

Recommended Citation

McCarthy, Rebecca Lea (2011) "Toward a Cosmopolitical Democracy: Process over Ends," Journal of International and Global Studies: Vol. 2: No. 2, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62608/2158-0669.1047
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/jigs/vol2/iss2/2

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