Introduction
The word “cosmopolitan” derives from the Greek words cosmos (the universe) and polis (the city) and means literally translated “citizen of the world.” Cosmopolitanism is an umbrella term which has been used to describe avariety of different concepts. Theseconcepts, which find their origins in moral and sociopolitical philosophy, share avague political common ground with an emancipatory claim. The core of the idea is that all human beings regardless of their race, sexuality, gender, religion, physical abilities or political affiliation, belong to – or at least could belong to – asingle community which ought to be cultivated. And psychological contributions to this field of research are concerned with questions of how this cultivation can be fostered, and the exploration of phenomena which obstruct it.
Theories of cosmopolitanism have along history in psychology although in the majority of psychological research they are not referred to by this hypernym. Explicit references...
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Park, E. (2012). Cosmopolitanism in Psychology, Theories of. In: Rieber, R.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0463-8_307
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