Technology seems to have realized what the ancient political idea of cosmopolitanism once hoped for: being a citizen of the world. Technology has made communication and movement across borders possible and easy. This promotes common experiences. But has technology really provided cosmopolitanism with the right material condition? Or has it created nothing but a cosmopolitan illusion?

Rationality has been treated as a “universal” character of human beings. But such understandings, though dominant, also came under androcentric and Eurocentric critiques. They point out that exclusion of women and people of color is not aberrant bad scientific practices, but rather constituent of the principle modern science based on. This seminar offers plural perspectives on rationality.