Confucian Cosmopolitanism

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ID14760693
AuthorsPhilip J Ivanhoe (0000-0002-9962-8150, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume42
Issue1
Pages22-44
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jore.12043
OpenAlexW2326564956
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited12

Scholars in the humanities and social sciences are keenly aware of and often deeply engaged with more global or cosmopolitan approaches to their respective fields; nevertheless, theories of cosmopolitanism remain exceedingly controversial and arise exclusively from Western philosophical sources. Recently, M artha N ussbaum presented a contemporary Western liberal cosmopolitan theory and sought to integrate it with a call for multicultural education. In this essay, I describe, analyze, and criticize N ussbaum's conception of cosmopolitanism and argue that it does not sit comfortably with her laudable advocacy of multicultural education. I then draw upon resources within the Confucian tradition to sketch two alternative conceptions of cosmopolitanism, which I argue are both more powerful than what N ussbaum proposes and better support the kind of multicultural education she so eloquently advocates

Cosmopolitanism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sketch · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Theology, and Education · Religious Education and Schools

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