Abstract
This special issue sets out to examine aspects of German politics, philosophy,and society through the multifaceted lens of cosmopolitanism. A complexand contested concept, cosmopolitanism has particularly importantimplications for the study of contemporary nation-states, as conventionalunderstandings of bounded territory and sovereignty are reassessed in thecontext of globalization, migration and transnationalism. Accordingly, thisintroduction aims to outline several key strands of cosmopolitan thoughtwith reference both to contemporary Germany and the wider global conjuncture,in order to provide a conceptual framework for the articles thatfollow. It begins by briefly placing cosmopolitanism in the context of theevolving concepts of German Heimat (homeland) and nation, because contemporarycosmopolitanism can only be fully understood in relation tonationalism. It then looks at the relevance of methodological, political andethical cosmopolitanism for the study of nation-states today, before introducingthe five articles in the special issue.
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