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(2005) Revisiting nationalism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Cosmopolitanism and nationalism

Philip Resnick

pp. 239-253

The Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines a cosmopolitan as "a person who is free from local, provincial or national bias or attachment; a citizen of the world". The Oxford English Dictionary defines a cosmopolitan as "at home throughout the world or in many spheres of interest". To what degree does cosmopolitanism, a somewhat theoretical ideal, constitute a serious option in the 21st century? And to what degree might it trump the more primordial type of loyalty that is associated with either the nation or the nation-state?

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-10326-0_12

Full citation:

Resnick, P. (2005)., Cosmopolitanism and nationalism, in A. Dieckhoff & C. Jaffrelot (eds.), Revisiting nationalism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239-253.

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