COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE MISSION OF THE HUMANITIES
| dc.contributor.author | Tihanov, Galin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-10T04:22:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-10T04:22:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the first part of this article I explore various meanings of the word ‘cosmopolitanism’ and attempt to attain finer granularity by identifying two different strands within what has long been taken to be a unitary discourse. In the second part, I discuss the complex relationship (often also divergence) between the two types of cosmopolitanism – political and cultural – that I identify in the first part. I do so by analysing two foundational narratives of exile, the first of which bears on the humanities and their supreme capacity to cultivate creativity and freedom through estrangement. In the final part, I turn to the mission of the humanities today, which I happen to believe needs to be grounded, against the odds, in the cultivation and articulation of a cosmopolitan ethos. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 3033-0599 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/1036 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Plovdiv University Press | |
| dc.title | COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE MISSION OF THE HUMANITIES | |
| dc.type | Other |