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On the margins of belonging confronting cosmopolitanism in the late modern age

Recent debates on cosmopolitanism have focused on the problem of solidarity and belonging within the context of the nation-state. In particular, the idea of belonging is taken to be a key feature of social organization related to the institutions of the nation-state. Yet the complexities of belongin...

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Main Author: Lee, R.L.M.
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Published: SAGE Publications (UK and US) 2010
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spelling my.um.eprints.141652015-10-06T02:50:28Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/14165/ On the margins of belonging confronting cosmopolitanism in the late modern age Lee, R.L.M. H Social Sciences (General) Recent debates on cosmopolitanism have focused on the problem of solidarity and belonging within the context of the nation-state. In particular, the idea of belonging is taken to be a key feature of social organization related to the institutions of the nation-state. Yet the complexities of belonging have not been closely examined. In this regard, the idea of liquid modernity and the recent work on racialized labour pose new questions concerning the limits of belonging. Weakening social bonds due to liquidity and new forms of belonging arising from resistance to racialization suggest paradoxical conditions problematizing the meaning of cosmopolitanism. The aim of this article is to articulate the significance of liquidity and marginality in conceptualizing the relation between the nation-state and cosmopolitanism. SAGE Publications (UK and US) 2010 Article PeerReviewed Lee, R.L.M. (2010) On the margins of belonging confronting cosmopolitanism in the late modern age. Journal of Sociology, 46 (2). pp. 169-186.
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Lee, R.L.M.
On the margins of belonging confronting cosmopolitanism in the late modern age
description Recent debates on cosmopolitanism have focused on the problem of solidarity and belonging within the context of the nation-state. In particular, the idea of belonging is taken to be a key feature of social organization related to the institutions of the nation-state. Yet the complexities of belonging have not been closely examined. In this regard, the idea of liquid modernity and the recent work on racialized labour pose new questions concerning the limits of belonging. Weakening social bonds due to liquidity and new forms of belonging arising from resistance to racialization suggest paradoxical conditions problematizing the meaning of cosmopolitanism. The aim of this article is to articulate the significance of liquidity and marginality in conceptualizing the relation between the nation-state and cosmopolitanism.
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