After reading the article “The Case for Contamination” by Kwame Anthony Appiah I realized that theres a lot going on out there in all these different countries. His major focus was on how all these different religious views play a major role in these cultures. He also goes more in depth on two major groups “The Cosmopolitans and The Universalist”‚ and even gives us his point of view on what he agrees on. Religion played an important role in each of the communities he spoke about. The one that
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Amber Reichel Appiah Rough Draft 9/6/11 Cosmopolitism is a set of moral standards for living in a global world. What will really bring the people of the world together is what Appiah calls the "Primacy of Practice." If you are exposed to a new thing long enough‚ it becomes natural. In the “The Primacy of Practice”‚ Appiah talks a lot about how values can be recognized and accepted‚ without having to have to agree with the explanations for why people believe those values. Practice can make one
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Précis Writing Project Précis writing is one style of writing that students will work on throughout this school year. What is a précis? “A well-written précis should be a … substitute for the original work. The goal is to preserve the core essence of the work in a manner that is both clear and concise. At a minimum‚ the précis should include the topic or main thesis‚ the purpose of the research‚ what was studied‚ what methods were used‚ what results (or insight) were gained‚ and a conclusion
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In our modern society we are all “victims” of globalization. The drastic changes introduced into our society have sparked a new generation of new traditions and customs. In Kwame Anthony Appiah’s article “The Case for Contamination” he states how globalization is becoming a rapid out come of our ever so fast growing population. We are beginning to integrate international ideals into our own and as a result‚ diversity and tolerance to new norms are becoming more evident. In Appiah’s article we can
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What is the role of everyday people in the world? Should we care more about the local community that we inhabit‚ or the larger world that we share? That is an issue that our readings‚ and our class as a whole tries to tackle‚ the disparaging difference between being a patriot‚ and cosmopolites. In this new modern world where society is easily connected‚ and where news can travel instantaneously‚ has made far away countries our neighbors. We as a civilization are no longer bound by our countries border
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Ethics and Quest for Meaning “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” is a book that I found intriguing and deeply thought provoking. The question‚ “What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?” According to author‚ Kwame Antnony Appiah history repeats itself in warfare‚ dictatorship and famine. Living in the 21st century with advanced technology and advanced science may give humanity the first chance in this lifetime since man was first born to actually co-exist with others that are
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Article: “The Case for Contamination” by Kwame Anthony Appiah In “The Case for Contamination” the author Kwame Appiah analyzes and points out the many ways in which the world is becoming globalized. He uses many extensive examples to show that the world is getting ‘contaminated’. By ‘contamination’ he means that the mixture of all the innovative values and traditions are damaging and eventually destroying what our ancestors have left us. In his analysis‚ he describes the gradual transformation
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III. Introduction: The magazine Cosmopolitan is a magazine that inspires and encourages woman to be the best they can be. Cosmopolitan is primarily used for reading for enjoyment. It can help lead women into making certain decisions and Cosmopolitan hopes to influence the reader’s thoughts. The magazine also helps women with fashion. To our group we developed the following mission statement: Cosmopolitan is a magazine to provide knowledge to women on fashion‚ love and life while answering
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Literary Review on ’’Cosmopolitanism” The Shadow Lines Cosmopolitanism is a space of cultural and ethnic transaction where characters seek to overthrow artificial frontiers to come to terms with the reality of cultural and political transformations. Moreover‚ cosmopolitanism also refer to cross-cultural practices of imagining or remembering space and place in the novel. Nadia Butt addresses the representation of cosmopolitanism in Amitav Ghosh’s memory novel by recalling
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Cosmopolitanism and Locals Versus Nationalism The continuing phenomenon of globalization has caused scholars to recognize distinctions and ultimately relationships between the global and local in the context of social‚ political and cultural affairs. “Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture” by Ulf Hannerz approaches an understanding of the relationship between cosmopolitanism and locality in the world through the lens of the individual‚ while Mary Kaldor’s “Cosmopolitanism Versus Nationalism:
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