cosmopolitanism, n.Definitions

Cosmopolitanism is a perspective, a state of mind, and a mode of managing meaning.

Cosmopolitanism is at its broadest and purest, a moral commitment to universal values.

Cosmopolitanism is being neither athenian nor greek, but a citizen of the world.

Cosmopolitanism is defined by paramount principle of active agency, or people's right to self-determination.

Cosmopolitanism is a catchword already circulating in plato's lifetime. It openly proclaimed that thinkers were no longer affiliated to a particular local community, but saw themselves as citizens of the universe.

Cosmopolitanism is a celebration of the diversity of global identities, acceptance and, indeed, enthusiasm for multiple overlapping identities and at the same time, a commitment to the equality of all human beings and to respect for human dignity.

Cosmopolitanism is an ethos of macro-independencies with an acute consciousness (often forced upon people) of places, characters, historical trajectories, and fates.

Cosmopolitanism is a willingness to engage with the other, openness to divergent cultural experiences and an ability to make one's way into other cultures.