Literature in the Gulf Symposium: Cosmopolitanism in an Era of Globalization
Literature in the Gulf Symposium: Cosmopolitanism in an Era of Globalization Qatar University, DohaMarch 31 – April 1, 2020 Our present moment is, as the sociologist Ulrich Beck insisted, inescapably cosmopolitan: “nowadays, there is no point in arguing over whether patriotism, although practical, is too petty, whereas cosmopolitanism, by contrast, is splendid, but cold and unlivable.