Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Universal; cosmopolitan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having the character of a cosmopolite.
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- adjective Having the character of a
cosmopolite .
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Examples
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Kant thinks that such a "cosmopolitical" history, as he calls it, is possible, and that if it were written it would give us a clew opening up "a consolatory prospect into futurity, in which at a remote distance we shall discover the human species seated upon an eminence won by infinite toil, where all the germs are unfolded which nature has implanted and its own destination upon this earth accomplished."
The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894
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As such, his cosmopolitical thinking is grounded in the kind of modern subject formation that Saba Mahmood calls "normative secularity."
Introduction 2008
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The Postnational Fantasy: Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction places itself at the nexus of current debates about nationalism, postnational capitalism, the reassertion of third world nationalism and its cosmopolitical counterparts, and the role of contemporary Science Fiction SF and fantasy in challenging, normalizing, or contesting these major conceptual currents of our times.
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"Refugees, peoples of the diaspora, and migrants and exiles represent the spirit of the cosmopolitical community."
Introduction 2008
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The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction places itself at the nexus of current debates about nationalism, postnational capitalism, the reassertion of third world nationalism and its cosmopolitical counterparts, and the role of contemporary Science Fiction SF and fantasy in challenging, normalizing, or contesting these major conceptual currents of our times.
CFP: The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction 2009
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The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction places itself at the nexus of current debates about nationalism, postnational capitalism, the reassertion of third world nationalism and its cosmopolitical counterparts, and the role of contemporary Science Fiction SF and fantasy in challenging, normalizing, or contesting these major conceptual currents of our times.
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· The setting/background of the fantastical in the context of contemporary debates of the cosmopolitical.
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· The setting/background of the fantastical in the context of contemporary debates of the cosmopolitical.
CFP: The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction 2009
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Is it reasonable to suppose that a universal or cosmopolitical society of this kind will come into being; and if so, how will it be brought about?
The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894
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Kant's cosmopolitical plan, the liberalism and individualism which were implicit in his thought, the democracies which he contemplated in the future, are all cast aside as a misconception.
The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894
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