KOSMOPOLITIKA KAO KOLEKTIVNI IDENTITET U 21. STOLJEĆU
COSMOPOLITISM AS THE COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN THE 21th CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: Being against globalization is like being against the sea current. He who wants to get back into the world before globalization, must know that he will have to fight forces that cannot be beaten. That doesn`t mean we lost the fight for a better future and consequently fell into a sort of apathy. What we say in this regard is that any serious and useful political analysis has to have globalization as a starting point. Few have attempted to address the specific challenges of globalization, with the idea that the world is a place which should be governed by the political community, as a starting point . This is what cosmopolitism says. Hybrid identities, mix, diversity and variety are key concepts for cosmopolitism. Renewed radical cosmopolitism must consider these questions. Such policy is based on a small universalism, insisting on the fact that certain values are inviolable and common to all of us. But, at the same time, this universality goes further and recognizes the difference. In this regard, this paper provides some suggestions that could mean the solution of many problems which seem unsolvable, at first glance. The balance between difference and similarity must be found and established. These days, cosmopolitism goes exactly where the differences are, because universalism is also there. Where differences are, cosmopolitism is committed to universalism and where there is demand for equality, cosmopolitism is committed to pluralism. This is the basic pattern of thinking that we use in an attempt to provide answers to most questions that are asked and discussed in this paper. The aim of this paper is to divert the political debate in the other direction - according to its ability, not its concerns. This paper provides a global mindset rather than a national concern and preoccupation with itself. The work is intended to force readers to think about these issues. Therefore it gives guidelines for this radical project and presents an optimistic policy for the 21st century. The work provides satisfaction and optimism instead of apathy and nihilism.

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