What can Examining the Psychology of Nationalism Tell Us About Our Prospects for Aiming at the Cosmopolitan Vision?

Opponents of cosmopolitanism often dismiss the position on the grounds that cosmopolitan proposals are completely unrealistic and that they fly in the face of our human nature. We have deep psychological needs that are satisfied by national identification and so all cosmopolitan projects are doomed,...

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Authors: Brock, Gillian (Author) ; Atkinson, Quentin D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2008
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-179
Further subjects:B Cosmopolitanism
B Nationalism
B Psychology
B Psychology of nationalism
B Ethnocentrism
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