This book highlights the best new interdisciplinary research on the theory and practice of cosmopolitanism, with a special focus on the cosmopolitan literatures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, from medieval times to the present.
The rise of international capital, the alteration of borders, and local and transnational demands for autonomy are all making cosmopolitanism a key concept in the study of people and language, writing and space. This work asks if we we can sustain the geo-cultural ideal of cosmopolitan identity.
