Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Errors of Globalism

Abstract

In order to expose the errors of globalism, the author argues it is necessary to interrogate the proclaimed correlation of transnationalism & cosmopolitanism, as well as the assumption that an increased and social connectivity will lead to greater levels of cosmopolitanism. Gaining conceptual clarity with regard to the task of conceptualizing trans-nationalism and cosmopolitanism is based on the argument that the transnational experience should be conceived as involving several layers leading from the construction of transnational social spaces to the formation of transnational communities. The disjunction between image and reality underlying who appears to be a "cosmopolitan" versus a "transnational" identifies how contemporary discourse blends the line between description & prescription. The distinctions between transnational social spaces & cosmopolitan local continuum are located in the increasing volumes of cross-cultural interaction that increase open or closed postures. Cosmopolitanism is related to the presence or absence of the transnational experience, & the divergence between cosmopolitan & locals are identified. The relationship between trans-nationalism & cosmopolitanism is concluded to not be linear, but rather the extension of transnational social spaces into the global cultural him review is responsible for producing both cosmopolitan & local attitudes. Making a choice between the two is a matter of ethics & moral judgment. References. J. Harwell