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The Cosmopolitan Condition

Why Methodological Nationalism Fails

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ID2352004
AuthorsUlrich Beck (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume24
Issue7-8
Pages286-290
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02632764070240072505
OpenAlexW2003007843
LanguageEN
Citations received158
References cited6

There is currently a renewed interest in 'cosmopolitanism' in contemporary sociology and a number of analyses are condensing into a new paradigm of 'Cosmopolitan Sociology'. Current analyses of the social are united by at least three interconnected commitments - a critique of 'methodological nationalism', a belief that the 21st century is a cosmopolitan age and an acceptance of the need for some kind of 'methodological cosmopolitanism'. The new paradigm amounts to the emergence of a non-nostalgic New Critical Theory which investigates the social and political grammar of today's cosmopolitan condition

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Unique citing works158
Citations per year7,52
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 153
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