Undeniably, cosmopolitanism position itself against an essentialist’s parochial loyalty to a locale, race, religion and ethnicity, in a conscious agreement for the cogency of other validating structures. The cosmopolitan is thus an individual who fosters “a universal humanism that transcends regional particularism; the point at which the political becomes, by moral necessity cosmopolitan” (Cheah 23). Based on this doctrine, the cosmopolitan is therefore on the margins of society, showing willingness to interact with other people from other places. Being on the margin designate a readiness not only tolerate, but accept the peculiarities of others and try to understand them. Hannerz thus, describes cosmopolitan actions as a matter of “competence…a state of readiness, a personal ability to make one’s way into other cultures” (239). This is so because as social beings, humans are imbued with the need to relate with each other, and in doing so they contaminate each other. This continuous process collapses the individual’s mono-visional prism and can advance the cause of humanity as a
Undeniably, cosmopolitanism position itself against an essentialist’s parochial loyalty to a locale, race, religion and ethnicity, in a conscious agreement for the cogency of other validating structures. The cosmopolitan is thus an individual who fosters “a universal humanism that transcends regional particularism; the point at which the political becomes, by moral necessity cosmopolitan” (Cheah 23). Based on this doctrine, the cosmopolitan is therefore on the margins of society, showing willingness to interact with other people from other places. Being on the margin designate a readiness not only tolerate, but accept the peculiarities of others and try to understand them. Hannerz thus, describes cosmopolitan actions as a matter of “competence…a state of readiness, a personal ability to make one’s way into other cultures” (239). This is so because as social beings, humans are imbued with the need to relate with each other, and in doing so they contaminate each other. This continuous process collapses the individual’s mono-visional prism and can advance the cause of humanity as a