Abstract
Cosmopolitics is growing as an alternative to identity battles, a critical form of cosmopolitanism. This contribution claims that such an alternative will only be feasible with individuals as dialogical selves. Ethnographic interviews with Muslims and Christians of different generations yield insights into their notions of personhood. Different notions of person are then checked against the new predicament of cosmopolitics in urban settings. The traditional notion of ‘full person’ can be distinguished from that of ‘partial persons’, subjacent to the views of the dialogical self. Educational and social benefits of the ‘partial person’ concept are outlined. Qualitative research into the perception of the person as a ‘partial person’ opens the way to an appreciation of the dialogical self approach, especially in the context of an ever more urbanized humanity. Against that background, cosmopolitics is being re-discussed as a possible avenue for a global society. Keywords: cosmopolitics, dialogical self, intercultural learning.
Highlights
Resumo: A cosmopolítica, como uma forma crítica do cosmopolitismo, está crescendo como uma alternativa às lutas identitárias
In the literature of psychology, social psychology, sociology and anthropology of the past three decades we have witnessed a great amount of emphasis on identity, identity dynamics and extreme identity claims
The hypothesis I formulate on this dimension is that the 100% version of personhood which was more tenable in the context of a presumably monocultural context, might best be substituted by the ideal of the ‘partial person’ (50% person) in the present urbanized world, allowing for a ‘dialogical self’ strategy of community building
Summary
Resumo: A cosmopolítica, como uma forma crítica do cosmopolitismo, está crescendo como uma alternativa às lutas identitárias. Hermans (2004) speaks of the pre-modern self with an emcompassing view and educational practice filled in by the doctrine of the religion(s): one becomes a Jew, a Christian or a Muslim over years and the result is a person who is total and sufficient in himself.
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