Walter Mignolo terms and articulates _critical cosmopolitanism, juxtaposing it with globalization, which is a process of the homogeneity of the planet from above––economically, politically and culturally. Although _globalization from below_ is to counter _globalization from above_ from the experience and perspective of those who suffer from the consequences of _globalization from above_, cosmopolitanism differs, according to Mignolo, form these two types of globalization. Mignolo defines globalization as 'a set of designs to manage the world,' and cosmopolitanism as 'a set of projects toward planetary conviviality

~ Namsoon Kang

Namsoon Kang Christianity Class Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitanism Cultural Alibi Difference Ecumenical Epdagogy Feminism Gender Gender Justice Globalization Human Rights Intereligious Dialogue Lgbtq Modernity Pluralism Postcolonial Postcolonialism Race Religion Religious Pluralism Religious Studies Rhetoric Sexuality Silence Teaching Theology Walter Mignolo

Prospero, you are the master of illusion.Lying is your trademark.And you have lied so much to me(Lied about the world, lied about me)That you have ended by imposing on meAn image of myself.Underdeveloped, you brand me, inferior,That s the way you have forced me to see myselfI detest that image! What’s more, it’s a lie!But now I know you, you old cancer,And I know myself as well.

~ Aimé Césaire

Aimé Césaire Caliban Play Postcolonial Shakespeare The Tempest