Minor Universality / Universalit? mineure: Rethinking Humanity After Western Universalism / Penser l?humanit? apr?s l?universalisme occidental: 2 (Beyond Universalism / Partager l?universel, 2)

ISBN 10: 3110798484 / ISBN 13: 9783110798487

Published by Walter de Gruyter, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Minor Universality / Universalit? mineure: Rethinking Humanity After Western Universalism / Penser l?humanit? apr?s l?universalisme occidental: 2 (Beyond Universalism / Partager l?universel, 2)
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110798484
• ISBN 13: 9783110798487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The circulation and entanglements of human beings, data, and goods have not necessarily and by themselves generated a universalising consciousness. The "global" and the "universal", in other words, are not the same. The idea of a world-society remains highly contested. Our times are marked by the fragmentation of a double relativistic character: the inevitable critique of Western universalism on the one hand, and resurgent identitarian and neo-nationalistic claims to identity on the other. Sources of an argumentation for a strong universalism brought forward by Western traditions such as Christianity, Marxism, and Liberalism have largely lost their legitimation. All the while, manifold and situated narratives of a common world that re-address the universal are under way of being produced and gain significance. This volume tracks the development and relevance of such cultural and social practices that posit forms of what we call minor universality. It asks: Where and how do contemporary practices open up concrete settings so as to create experiences, reflections and agencies of a shared humanity?

With contributions by Isaac Bazié, Anil Bhatti, Jean-Luc Chappey, Elsie Cohen, Leyla Dakhli, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Nicole Fischer, Albert Gouaffo, Stefan Helgesson, Fatma Hotait, Christopher M. Hutton, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Mario Laarmann, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Olivier Remaud, Gisèle Sapiro, Bénédicte Savoy, Maria-Anna Schiffers, Laurens Schlicht, Sergio Ugalde Quintana, Hélène Thierard, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll.

About the Author

Markus Messling and Jonas Tinius, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.