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cosmopolitanism  

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  • Cosmopolitanism, which is becoming an important notion for the understanding of taste and the circulation of commodities, has according to most social theorists its origins in Greek philosophy. The concept refers to ways of knowing the world and the forms of belonging this knowledge generates. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Cosmopolitanism]

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