Snapshots from the margins

Transgressive cosmopolitanisms in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID2398047
AuthorsFeyzi Baban (Trent University), Kim Rygiel (0000-0003-3314-2403, Wilfrid Laurier University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume17
Issue4
Pages461-478
Publication date2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431013520386
OpenAlexW2120419069
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited26

Right-wing parties and governments in Europe have recently expressed greater hostility towards cultural pluralism, at times officially denunciating multiculturalism, and calling for the closure of borders and denial of rights to non-European nationals. Within this context, this article argues for rethinking Europe through radically transgressive and transnational understandings of cosmopolitanism as articulated by growing transnational populations within Europe such as immigrants, refugees, and irregular migrants. Transgressive forms of cosmopolitanism disrupt European notions of borders and identities in ways that challenge both liberal multiculturalism and assimilationist positions. This article explores the limits of traditional cosmopolitan thinking while offering a vision of cosmopolitanism based on everyday negotiations with cultural differences, explained using two illustrative examples or snapshots

Citizenship · Cosmopolitanism · Cultural assimilation · Denial · Epistemology · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transgressive · Universalism · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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