The book offers a critical synthesis of critical theory, decolonial theory and Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory. It does so as a cosmopolitan endeavour in order to overcome the limitations of these three traditions. The Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory provides a robust and interpenetrative account of intra and inter-cultural social ontology, critical theory safeguards the individual and decolonial theory forces us to move away from ideals to instead focus on injustices. The approach is a unique and original synthesis of these three traditions. This leads to a conceptually non-western centric account of critical cosmopolitanism and radical democracy. The main themes are eurocentrism, cosmopolitanism, post-individual subjectivity and democracy. In providing such an account it allows for the study of the effects of the lives of those in colonised societies but also provides a mechanism to explore the effects of colonisation on the colonising societies.
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The book offers a critical synthesis of critical theory, decolonial theory and Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory

Introduction
Section One
1. A Global History of Cosmopolitanism
2. Global Critical Theories
3. Watsuji, Modernity and the Art of Life
Section Two
4. The Emptiness of Cosmopolitanism: How Should a Cosmopolitan Think?
5. Cosmopolitan Transmodernity: Re-imagining the Loci of Enunciation
6. Aidagara and the Grounds of Radical Imagination
Afterword: The Failure of Thought: A Radical Imagination for the Critical Space of Democracy
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Product details

ISBN
9781786615527
Published
2021-01-28
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
503 gr
Height
227 mm
Width
161 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
222

Biographical note

Michael Murphy is visiting junior research fellow at the Institute of Modern and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster.