War and the Public Intellectual: Cosmopolitanism and Anti-Cosmopolitanism in the Kosovo Debate in Germany

Alan Scott

Sociological Research Online, 1999, vol. 4, issue 2, 25-32

Abstract: NATO's intervention in Kosovo dramatically highlighted the differences and disagreements between cosmopolitans and their critics. This article offers a critically summary of the arguments of both camps (and various positions within them) as they unfolded in the German media, and particularly in the broadsheet press, during the NATO bombing campaign. An attempt is made to fill in the broader context by pointing out some differences between the debates in Britain and those in Germany. While the implications and possible weaknesses of the cosmopolitan position is the main focus, the role of public intellectuals the media is also discussed.

Keywords: Cosmopolitanism and Anti-cosmopolitanism; Intellectuals and the Media; Kosovo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.260

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