Local Cosmopolitanism Imagining and (Re-)Making Privileged Places

This book offers a unique perspective on cosmopolitanism, examining  the ways it is constructed and reconstructed on the small scale in an ongoing process of matching the local with the global, a process entailing mutual transformation. Based on

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Kristof Van Assche Petruța Teampău

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Kristof Van Assche · Petruţa Teampa˘u

Local Cosmopolitanism Imagining and (Re-)Making Privileged Places

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Kristof Van Assche Faculty of Extension University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada

Petruţa Teampa˘u Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences Babes Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca Romania

ISSN  2211-4165 ISSN  2211-4173  (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Geography ISBN 978-3-319-19029-7 ISBN 978-3-319-19030-3  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19030-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015939162 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Part I  Introduction and Basic Concepts 1 Back to Basics: Cosmopolitanism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Part II  A Broader Angle 2 A Brief Orientation in the Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 Cosmopolitanism in the Light of Philosophical Tradition. . . . . . . . . . . 15 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 Cosmopolitanism and Networks: Odessa, Trieste, Tbilisi. . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.1 Trieste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.2 Odessa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.3 Tbilisi. . . . .