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Considering the different traditions of cosmopolitan thinking and experimentation, this cutting edge volume examines the contemporary revival of cosmopolitanism as a response to the challenges of living in an interdependent world. Through a unique multidisciplinary approach, it takes the debate beyond the one-sided universalism of the Euro-American world and explores the multiverse of transformations which confront cosmopolitanism. The collection highlights central questions of cosmopolitan responsibility, global citizenship and justice as well as the importance of dialogue among civilizations, cultures, religions and traditions. Exploring the ethical and political dimensions of globalization, it outlines the pathways of going beyond cosmopolitanism by striving for a post-colonial cosmopolis characterized by global justice, trans-civilizational dialogues and dignity for all.

Cosmopolitanism. --- Political science --- Internationalism --- Ethnology. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Social Philosophy. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Social institutions --- Equality.

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In a world where the rise of the religious in politics and the public sphere is often accompanied by violence and religious fundamentalism, this book considers the increasing relevance of movements of practical spirituality from multiple traditions and domains of life which strive to transform violence into positive human relations. It examines how spirituality can contribute to human development, social transformations and planetary realizations, urging us to treat each other, and our planet, with evolutionary care and respect. Trans-disciplinary and trans-paradigmatic to its very core, this text opens new pathways of exploration and action for both scholarship and discourse and offers an invaluable companion for scholars across religious studies, cultural studies and development studies.

Culture and globalization. --- Spiritual life --- Community development. --- Community development --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Life, Spiritual --- Religious life --- Spirituality --- Globalization and culture --- Globalization --- Religious aspects. --- Citizen participation --- Government policy --- Religion and sociology. --- Ethnology. --- Religion and Society. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Sociology, general. --- Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences

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Ever since the 13th century, the 'prince' has been the dominant archetype of 'being' and 'becoming'. Power and politics have provided the modern world with determinant frames of self-constitution and social emancipation, along with a singular definition of 'freedom'. In this context, this title is concerned with rethinking and transforming the concepts of 'power' and 'freedom' in discourse, society and history.

Power (Social sciences) --- Liberty. --- Social change. --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Democracy --- Natural law --- Political science --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences)

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Human liberation has become an epochal challenge in today’s world, requiring not only emancipation from oppressive structures but also from the oppressive self. It is a multidimensional struggle and aspiration in which knowledge – self, social and spiritual – can play a transformative role. ‘Knowledge and Human Liberation: Towards Planetary Realizations’ undertakes such a journey of transformation, and seeks to rethink knowledge vis-à-vis the familiar themes of human interest, critical theory, enlightenment, ethnography, democracy, pluralism, rationality, secularism and cosmopolitanism. The volume also features a Foreword by John Clammer (United Nations University, Tokyo) and an Afterword by Fred Dallmayr (University of Notre Dame).

Knowledge, Theory of --- Liberation theology. --- Theology of liberation --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Kairos documents --- Philosophy of liberation --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Philosophy.

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This book explores the dynamics of interaction between pragmatism and spirituality in the constitution and working of consciousness, freedom and solidarity. This book is cross-cultural and transdisciplinary in nature and brings critical and transformative perspectives from different philosophical and spiritual traditions of the world. It discusses the works of seminal thinkers such as William James, Rudolf Steiner, John Dewey, Swami Vivekananda, Martin Heidegger, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jordan Peterson, Slavos Zizek, Paul Valeri and O.V. Vijayan. It also explores dialogues between pragmatism and other philosophical and intellectual traditions such as Semiotics, Saiva Siddhanta, Vedanta, Trika Shaivism and Tantra. It explores themes such as pragmatism and belief, evolution of consciousness and happiness, spiritual pragmatism and economics of solidarity, value levels democracy, the perforamtive as an aspect of spirituality and transformation of political theology from Kingdom of God to Gardens of God.

Pragmatism. --- Philosophy. --- Spirituality. --- Philosophy, general. --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Spiritual life --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Idealism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy, Modern --- Positivism --- Realism --- Utilitarianism --- Experience --- Reality --- Truth