In current political debates, the term cosmopolitanism is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold up to closer scrutiny. "Imperfect Cosmopolis "aims to clarify the meaning of the term by approaching it from a decidedly historical perspective distinguishing, for example, between types of cosmopolitanism and the development of the concept through the centuries."
In current political debates, the term cosmopolitanism is often used in quite vague ways, as part of sweeping generalizations that might not hold u...
