Global transformations and “Cosmopolitical” Social Science

• Main Authors: KENNEDY, Michael D., LESLIE, Camilo, NAU, Allison, SAID, Atef, SAITO, Hiro
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: International and Area Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2186; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3443/viewcontent/Global_Transformations_and__Cosmopolitical__Social_Science.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In 2001 Siobán Harlow and Kennedy developed a graduate seminar through the International Institute around “Global Transformations.” While some had used the term before, its greatest advantage was its inclusivity: globalization, twenty-first century empires, international terrorism, the spread of infectious disease, migrations, climate change, and other themes all fit within that rubric. During a recent sociology seminar, we sought to discipline that discussion with the identification of three principal areas to guide “cosmopolitical” social science.