Normative Materialist Cosmopolitanism

Abstract

[Two young filmmakers] were making a documentary film about Protest and Resistance, they explained, and one of the recurring themes of the film was to have protesters say “Another World Is Possible” in whatever language they spoke. For example, if their mother tongue was Hindi or Urdu, they could say, “Doosri duniya mumkin hai. ... ” They set up their camera while they were talking and asked Anjum to look straight into the lens when she spoke. They had no idea what “Duniya” meant in Anjum’s lexicon. Anjum, ... completely uncomprehending, stared into the camera. “Hum doosri Duniya se aye hain,” she explained helpfully, which meant: We’ve come from there. ... From the other world.