Cosmopolitanism in Twenty-First Century Fiction
What is Cosmopolitanism?Globalisation and Its DiscontentsTransnational Mobilities and Digital CommunicationLocating Literary CosmopolitanismSummariesNotes‘A Multitude of Drops’: The Global Imaginaries of David MitchellGhostwrittenGlobal Terrorism and Anti-Cosmopolitan ConnectivitiesThe Global DisenfranchisedRootless Cosmopolitans and Aesthetic SpectatorshipTerritorial Belonging and Cosmopolitan ResistanceThe Global Homogeneity of the Networked WorldCloud AtlasAnti-Colonial CosmopolitanismPlanetary FuturesCosmopolitanism in Postmodernism’s ClothingCosmopolitan FuturesNotes‘Global Consciousness. Local Consciousness’: Cosmopolitan Hospitality and Ethical Agency in Zadie Smith’s NWCosmopolitan Empathy and Local HospitalityCosmopolitan ConvivialityAgainst CommunityBridging DividesA Future ImperfectNotes‘A Deeper Project’: Critical Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Connectivity in Teju Cole’s Open CityUrban FlAneurismThe Legacy of MigrationThe Spectre of 9/11: Transnational RisksA Deeper Project?The Ethics of TraumaThe Limits of OpennessNotes‘Solidarity by Connectivity’: The Myth of Digital CosmopolitanismThe CircleThe Limitations of Digital CommunityDigital SurveillanceDigital CasualtiesTransmissionCosmopolitan ElitesDigital AlterityDigital FuturesNotesBibliography
