Cosmopolitan multiculturalism Flashcards
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What does cosmopolitan mean?
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- The encouragement for people to adopt a global consciousness that emphasises that ethical responsibility should not be confined by national borders
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Why do cosmopolitan multiculturalists favour diversity?
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- Each culture can learn from other cultures
- The prospects of personal self development that are offered by a world of wider cultural opportunities and options
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What is the idea of ‘pick and mix’ multiculturalism?
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- Cultural exchange or mixing is encouraged
- People may eat Italian food, practice yoga, enjoy African music, and develop an interest in world religions
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How limited is cosmopolitans endorsement of cultural diversity?
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- They endorse cultural diversity and identity politics, but only really see it as a transitional state in a larger reconstruction of political sensibilities and priorities
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How do cosmopolitans see culture itself?
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- They see it as fluid and responsive to changing social circumstances and personal needs
- It is not fixed or historically embedded as pluralists would think
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How do cosmopolitans embrace hybridity?
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- They see it as a condition of social and cultural mixing in which people can develop multiple identités
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How do cosmopolitans see a multiculturalist society?
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- They see it as a ‘melting pot’ of different ideas, values and traditions, rather than a ‘cultural mosaic’ of separate cultural and ethnic groups
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How do cosmopolitans see human identity?
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- They think it can’t be explained in terms of a single cultural structure
- It broadens moral and political sensibilities, ultimately leading to the emergence of a ‘one world’ perspective
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Why have cosmopolitans been criticised?
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- They can be seen as stressing unity at the expense of diversity
- To treat cultural identity as a matter of self- definition and encourage cultural mixing is to weaken any genuine sense of cultural belonging
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What does the idea of people being ‘cultural mongrels’ mean?
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