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STREETWALKING BEYOND THE STOA: DIOGENES THE CYNIC, MARÍA LUGONES, AND A TENTATIVE COSMOPOLITANISM

open access: yesGlocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation
In this essay I argue that we should consider Diogenes the Cynic’s claim to be cosmopolitan in light of his homelessness as a spatial and material reality.
ERIK BORMANIS
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The situated professional: Preservice teachers' profiling of globally competent teachers and visions of their ‘possible professional self’

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to globalisation, teacher education programmes worldwide are tasked with preparing globally competent teachers (GCTs). Prevailing conceptions of global competence are largely derived from Western‐centric humanistic, neoliberal and transformative narratives, creating a complex landscape for teacher identity formation.
Ji Ying
wiley   +1 more source

Histoire et cosmopolitisme : l’Amérique et l’Europe selon José Ortega y Gasset (1883‑1955) et Alfonso Reyes (1889‑1959)

open access: yesL'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2017
This essay explores the similarities and differences between the ideas of cosmopolitanism of José Ortega y Gasset and Alfonso Reyes. These ideas are studied in the more general context of their views on the historical significance of Europe and America ...
Rodrigo Díaz Maldonado
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Privileged Mexican migrants in Europe: Distinctions and cosmopolitanism on social networking sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article examines the ways in which classed distinctions are related to the construction of increasingly cosmopolitan identities on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) amongst Mexican migrants from relatively privileged backgrounds living in Europe.
Olga Guedes Bailey   +3 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ideology of cosmopolitanism in the modern information society

open access: yesВекторы благополучия: экономика и социум
The paper examines the phenomenon of cosmopolitanism in the modern world. The article presents the work of various theorists and political philosophers to develop the author's terminology for each of these concepts and integrate the subjectivist approach
V.A. Terletsky
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For a cosmopolitan cinema: Editorial

open access: yesAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 2018
The recent cosmopolitan turn in film studies has coincided with the emergence of a new set of valuable theoretical perspectives. Compared to other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, cinema has been relatively slow to adopt ...
James Mulvey   +2 more
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Accidental cosmopolitanism: connectivity, insistence and cultural experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Processes of globalisation are often associated with a burgeoning consciousness of interconnectedness and interdependence between people in the majority and minority worlds.
Titley, Gavan
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Reciprocity on the Edge of Distance Paradox: How Sustainability Motives and Hypocrisy Shape Consumer Responses to Nearshoring

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing interest in corporate relocation decisions and sustainability, the existing literature is limited in its consumer‐centric approach. Integrating social exchange theory and construal level theory, this research investigates how consumers perceive sustainability‐driven nearshoring motives (i.e., socio‐economic vs.
Cagla Dayangan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Speaking German Like Nobody’s Business”: Anna May Wong, Walter Benjamin, and the Possibilities of Asian American Cosmopolitanism

open access: yesJournal of Transnational American Studies, 2012
In the summer of 1928 in Berlin, the noted German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) and Chinese American actress Anna May Wong (1905–1961) shared an unlikely encounter that set in relief European and American conceptions of modernity as well
Shirley Jennifer Lim
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