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1. What is the role of patriotism in an increasingly globalized world? 2. Gitanjali 35 (Where the mind is without fear) 3. Rabindranath Tagore 4. http://www.gratefulness.org/poetry/fearless_tagore.htm 5. Googled Tagore's poetry, since I know he wrote a great deal about patriotism/nationalism, and found this on PoemHunter last week. 6.Subject: a utopian vision of peace, the criteria for a free world Occasion: turmoil in Tagore's home state, nationalist sentiments, desire to escape fear, desire for liberty Audience: readers of his poetry, other Indians, readers from abroad Purpose: to describe a world of peace, to express the author's hopes for his country's future Speaker: Rabindranath Tagore 7. Tagore describes peaceful world characterized by rational pursuit of the truth and greater unity, rather than the conflict which characterizes his present day. He expresses hope and prayerfully dreams that his nation will enter into such a state of utopian peace. 8.Peace in the future depends on greater cooperation and freedom of knowledge. 9. I think Tagore's vision is certainly enticing; the idea of a world with greater harmony and freedom of thought certainly seems to be a more peaceful one the the one we have today. Nevertheless, his idea seems rather fanciful. Perhaps that was his intent - to describe a dream that we ought to strive towards, not necessarily a reality that can be quickly obtained. 10. "Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; " "into ever-widening thought and action "

1. What is the role of patriotism in an increasingly globalized world? 2. Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism 3. Martha Nussbaum 4. www.jaredwoodard.com/wp-content/uploads/**nussbaum**.**pdf** 5. Googled Nussbaum's works since I knew she had written on the topic, on 5/26 6. Subject: A the value of cosmopolitan education, overview of modern day patriotism, dangers of extreme nationalism Occasion: having completed her studies on cosmopolitanism, resurgence of nationalism following 9/11 Audience: Americans, policy makers, educators, concerned citizens Purpose: argue that patriotism (in its former conception) is too narrowminded for the modern world, propose a model of cosmopolitanism education to remedy the problem Speaker: Martha Nussbaum Tone: Analytical, hortatory, critical 7. PAtriotism is based on flawed moral premises that tends to exclude people who live outside your (arbitrary) borders from moral consideration. In light of the fundamental equality of all persons, and the nature of global problems that currently are the leading concerns, we ought to expand our concern to all humans, not just exclusively compatriots. In order to bring about this paradigmatic shift, Nussbaum suggests that the seeds of cosmopolitanism must be sown in education to teach children to value all humans. 8. A cosmopolitan education is the key to teaching the next generation to expand moral empathy for all humans regardless of nations, in order to solve pressing global issues. 9. I think Nussbaum is very persuasive and her argument is well-presented. I find myself agreeing with many of her premises, especially that moral worth ought not be defined by the lottery of birth and arbitrary geopolitical lines. Nussbaum also proposes a mechanism for achieving her goal, education, so that the goal becomes more pragmatic and not merely an idealistic vision. She tries to straddle the issue of national identity by arguing for the necessity of patriotism to separate nations, but saying that this sentiment should operate within the constraints of cosmopolitan concerns. I agree with this premise, but still am not confident that cosmopolitan concerns can realistically trump local patriotic concerns. 10. "... nationalism and ethnocentric particularism are not alien to another, but akin - that to give support to nationalist sentiments subverts, ultimately, even the values that hold a nation together, because it substitutes a colorful idol for the substantive universal values of justice and right." "If we want our life with others to contain strong passions - for justice in a world of injustice, for aid in a world where many go without what they need - we would do well to begin, at least, with our familiar strong emotions toward family, city, and country." "We should view the equal worth of all human beings as a regulative constraint on our political actions and aspirations." "Becoming a citizen of the world is often a lonely business. It is, as Diogenes said, a kind of exile - from the comfort of local truths. From the warm, nestling feeling of patriotism, from the absorbing drama of pride in oneself and one's own.