|
ISSEI
International Society for the Study of European Ideas
Multiculturalism,
Cosmopolitanism, Globalism: Toward a Hybrid Human Identity
Chaired by Daniel R. White
This session will be organized around three
key questions:
1) Does
multiculturalism presuppose cosmopolitanism as the perspective from which
diverse cultural heritages are recognized and valued by a coherent self?
2) If
multiculturalism does not presuppose a unified cosmopolitan sensibility,
must the epistemic subject of critical discourse, the cognitive
“self,” then be assimilated to one particular cultural
narrative without a basis for appreciating others?
3) How,
therefore, is the subject of critical discourse and of cultural
identity—the persona of knowledge and of cultural heritage—to
be constructed so as to allow for a hybrid self who, like Janus, looks both
ways: toward multicultural pluralism and cosmopolitan globalism? Can this
Janus Self become the protagonist of a new hybrid narrative of human
identity?
Electronic submissions
welcome (MS Word preferred): Send paper proposals to:
Daniel R. White
Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupter, FL 33458
USA
Email: dwhite@fau.edu
Phone: 561-799-8651
Fax:
561-799-8602
Back to top
|