ThoughtCast® » anthony appiah http://www.thoughtcast.org An online watering hole for ideas. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:36:13 +0000 en hourly 1 ThoughtCast® by ThoughtCast, 2005 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) posts 1440 jenny attiyeh, thoughtcast, dershowitz, sam huntington, interview, lisa randall, marc hauser, natalie goldberg An online watering hole for ideas. A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals. Jenny Attiyeh Jenny Attiyeh jenny@thoughtcast.org No no http://www.thoughtcast.org/uploads/tc_001_144x144.jpg ThoughtCast® http://www.thoughtcast.org 144 144 Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher http://www.thoughtcast.org/philosophy/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/philosophy/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:50:07 +0000 Jenny http://thoughtcast.org/casts/philosopher-kwame-anthony-appiah Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, an affiliate of WGBH, Boston.
Kwame Anthony Appiah (Photo: Greg Martin)
Princeton Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses cosmopolitanism on ThoughtCast!
Born in England and raised in Ghana, Appiah is half English and half African. And perhaps because of this, he’s fascinated with the concept of identity, and the power it wields over people. But rather than wage identity politics, Appiah encourages us instead to be good global citizens, interested in and accepting of each other. In short, cosmopolitan. But also, at least a little bit “contaminated”… Appiah’s written a book on the subject: it’s called Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers.

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