I hope you'll pardon the shameless self-promotion. I've got a piece you might like which critiques the notion of civil society online as an ethnocentric model of politics. It doesn't address cosmopolitanism, but it does examine the models of spatiality and representation that make civil society an ethnocentric notion. It's also ethnographic, so it might give you the specificity you're looking for. Nafus, D. (2003). The Aesthetics of the Internet in St. Petersburg: Why Metaphor Matters. The Communication Review 6(3) 185-212. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Maurer Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:11 AM To: air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] cyberspace and cosmopolitanism? Hi there, I'm beginning to look more closely at competing models of citizenship for online activists, and am wondering where to look for treatments of the relationship between cyberspace and cosmopolitanism(s). Theorists of globalization treat this in a very general way, but I'm looking for more specific approaches. I know that Charles Ess has written a piece called "Cosmopolitan Ideal or Cybercentrism? A Critical Examination of the Underlying Assumptions of "The Electronic Global Village." Can anyone point me toward other materials like this? Thank you in advance, Elizabeth Maurer PhD ABD Department of English UBC _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org/airjoin.html