This book is concerned with cosmopolitanism a privileged notion of -world citizenship- and whether or not a cosmopolitan position is conducive to human flourishing when its preoccupation is aesthetic.
The Limits of Cosmopolis addresses the question of how human life is organized: Is it possible to be a -citizen of the world-? Is there a difference between avowing that identity for oneself and morally and ethically making a commitment to others? What are the implications for communication for a real dialogue of cultures?
Because the identity claim to cosmopolitanism brings...

Theories help to troubleshoot gaps in our understanding, and to make sense of a world that is constantly changing. What this book tries to do, in part, is blur the lines between the differences between today's college students - the millennial generation - and their professors, many of whom hail from the Boom Generation and Generation X.
In the following chapters, contributors build upon what both parties already know. Writing in a highly accessible yet compelling style, contributors explain communication theories by applying them to artifacts of popular culture. These artifacts include...

Theories help to troubleshoot gaps in our understanding, and to make sense of a world that is constantly changing. What this book tries to do, in part, is blur the lines between the differences between today s college students the millennial generation and their professors, many of whom hail from the Boom Generation and Generation X.
In the following chapters, contributors build upon what both parties already know. Writing in a highly accessible yet compelling style, contributors explain communication theories by applying them to -artifacts- of popular culture. These -artifacts- include...