What is Appiah’s Cosmopolitanism?
In a world that is ever the more connected today, one might think, where did this advancement come from? Kwame Appiah’s article, Cosmopolitanism, highlights the adaptation that society experienced throughout the centuries, as well as his theory on what the adaption created. Appiah supports his thoughts through examples of the Greek and Roman Empires, the thinkings of philosophers in the Enlightenment period, and then tying all thoughts through applications of today. His purpose is to explain his theories of Cosmopolitanism. The first would be the two strands, showing that one, we possess an obligation towards others that involves respecting others’ ideals. The lather would be impartiality, which would root …show more content…
His examples of the changing globalized world shows us the polarities of B.C. times to now. Through this, he depicts a vastly different world that produced an astronomically better society that blends culture better than ever. Paul’s quote from the Book of Galatians in the Bible references the biblical message of Christianity; all men are created equal under one God. Christians believe that Christ is perfect and all men that are united under Christ will bring us perfection, unity, and break the cultural divide. Appiah then supports this with references to the Declaration of Rights of Man in 1789, which even emulates some of the views that Paul even had. These revolutionary ideas of the time produced the foundational thoughts of universality that are now common of today. Not only do we see the result of the commonality of man being respected and the ideals of achievement and democracy being fruitful in history, but also the different ideals from different parts, being mashed into a universal worldview of today in governments, culture, and beliefs.
Appiah then focuses onto the two strands of Cosmopolitanism. These are the ideals of obligation versus complete assimilation. The first would be holding an obligation towards others that involves respecting others’ ideals. The other would be impartiality, which would root out …show more content…
For one, partial cosmopolitanism perfectly fits into many American cultural upbringings. We are a nation of immigrants and work to conform to the ‘American’ culture that American history shape us today. As much as we strive to become American, we must remember that Americanism is a shaper of all cultures. There is no defined value of Americanism, but to what we shape Americanism as. Whether it be by being Christian, Greek, or Jewish, we chose to fit our originally cultural upbringings into the mixing pot of cultures we see growing day by day. Ultimately, we all can embrace Americanism and patriotism for our home country with open arms, but as well as work to pick and choose what we want out of our heritage to fit into the American
In a world that is ever the more connected today, one might think, where did this advancement come from? Kwame Appiah’s article, Cosmopolitanism, highlights the adaptation that society experienced throughout the centuries, as well as his theory on what the adaption created. Appiah supports his thoughts through examples of the Greek and Roman Empires, the thinkings of philosophers in the Enlightenment period, and then tying all thoughts through applications of today. His purpose is to explain his theories of Cosmopolitanism. The first would be the two strands, showing that one, we possess an obligation towards others that involves respecting others’ ideals. The lather would be impartiality, which would root …show more content…
His examples of the changing globalized world shows us the polarities of B.C. times to now. Through this, he depicts a vastly different world that produced an astronomically better society that blends culture better than ever. Paul’s quote from the Book of Galatians in the Bible references the biblical message of Christianity; all men are created equal under one God. Christians believe that Christ is perfect and all men that are united under Christ will bring us perfection, unity, and break the cultural divide. Appiah then supports this with references to the Declaration of Rights of Man in 1789, which even emulates some of the views that Paul even had. These revolutionary ideas of the time produced the foundational thoughts of universality that are now common of today. Not only do we see the result of the commonality of man being respected and the ideals of achievement and democracy being fruitful in history, but also the different ideals from different parts, being mashed into a universal worldview of today in governments, culture, and beliefs.
Appiah then focuses onto the two strands of Cosmopolitanism. These are the ideals of obligation versus complete assimilation. The first would be holding an obligation towards others that involves respecting others’ ideals. The other would be impartiality, which would root out …show more content…
For one, partial cosmopolitanism perfectly fits into many American cultural upbringings. We are a nation of immigrants and work to conform to the ‘American’ culture that American history shape us today. As much as we strive to become American, we must remember that Americanism is a shaper of all cultures. There is no defined value of Americanism, but to what we shape Americanism as. Whether it be by being Christian, Greek, or Jewish, we chose to fit our originally cultural upbringings into the mixing pot of cultures we see growing day by day. Ultimately, we all can embrace Americanism and patriotism for our home country with open arms, but as well as work to pick and choose what we want out of our heritage to fit into the American