Was heißt »Kosmopolitismus« auf Japanisch?

Abstract What Does »Cosmopolitanism« Mean in Japanese? Convergences of Western Conceptions Global Citizenship and Japanese Conviviality from the Perspective Educational Anthropology Based on anthropological assumption that languages express worldviews, paper approaches meaning cosmopolitanism two directions. First, traditions are examined. Anthropological is elaborated as a way thinking emphasizes cultural diversity. Second, word kyôsei ( 共生 ) considered an equivalent to cosmopolitanism, revealing both similarities differences meaning. As ›conviviality‹ or ›symbiosis dissimilarities‹, points ways overcoming implicit anthropocentrism thought. From educational perspective, cosmopolitan thought overlap notions intercultural education. In current political discourse Japan, however, has turned into anti- pedagogy.