The Evolution of a Cosmopolitan Identity: Transforming Culture

Abstract

Shannan Spisak Institute This scope . Cosmopolitanism of - awareness , identity , empowerment , and. Coupled , these contribute to shaping a global society. Examining identity through the lens of gender roles and patriotism , it , and applied . Cosmopolitanismtransformsindividualidentitythat,byextension,hasthepotentialtotransform.Acore.Theof's-awarenessself-worth.Fromhere,humanscaninfluenceandshapenotonlytheirpersonalidentitiesbutalso,in,the.After,from,traditions,andvaluesoriginateifnotfromhumannature,imagination,andconstruction?AccordingtoDavidHansen(2008),"socialchangeand,inparticular,socialimprovementareinconceivable,imagination,and"(p.21).InHansen'sassessment,thisessayillustrateshowacombinationofself-awareness,education,empowerment,and.Cosmopolitanism"a,aoneself,and,theimmersion."(Waldron,2000,p.1).Aemotional.Viewed,cosmopolitanismappreciates.Suchrelationshipbetweentheselfandotherandleadstothepotentialtoaffectchangewithinthebroader.Self-awarenessprovesachallengetocultivatebutisaprimarycomponentintheevolutionofaninclusiveperspective.Itislinkedtoself-identity,andtogethertheseconceptsillustratetheprocess.An-identitya.Jason(2000)raisesidea:Thethat.That,theassumptions….includedamongthemistheassumptionthatracialandethnicconcepts,objective,and.Suchfurther:that.(p.6)CurrentEssay:TheDale(2004)further'sbeliefs-identity,andupon'sidentity.These,however,by-identity,dynamic.Thesenseofflexibilityandfreedomto"become"–tobecomemorecosmopolitan,compassionate,more,a,and.As(2008)reminds,"improvementdomainofthehumancannotemergewithoutindividualinitiative"(p.22).Thecultivationofawareness.Hill(2000)is's-existingandcoupleda,whichhe"paradigms"–whether,racial,religious,cultural,geographical,genderedor(p.6).Defining's,as-existent,creates's,by,thatgroups-identity.Thisreasons,two:1)humans;2)defining'us'versus'them'mentality.Implicitinafixeddefinitionisinequalityandajudgmentbetweenthe'we'andthe'they.'ThisdichotomyisamainconsiderationaddressedinHill's(2000)explanationthat"cosmopolitanism"(p.8).Astheseparationbetweenself(orself-identifiedgroup)andother(orother-identifiedgroup)contradicts,itstereotypes'it';becausetraditionshavedictatedsuchbehavior;orbecauseitistheonlywayasystemcanfunction.Labeling-based,"wherepeoplehateotherswhobelongtogroupsdifferentthantheirs"andothersareperceived'the'(Harris,2004,p.11).Suchothers.