Aesthetico-Cultural Cosmopolitanism and French Youth: The Taste of the World (Consumption and Public Life)

Vincenzo Cicchelli is an Associate Professor at the Universit Paris Descartes, France and a Research Fellow at GEMASS (CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne), France. Sylvie Octobre is a Researcher at the Dpartement des tudes, de la prospective et des statistiques (DEPS) of the French Ministry of Culture, and an Associate Research Fellow at GEMASS (CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne), France. 1. How Young People Develop a Taste for the World Part 1: Configuration of a Taste for the World 2. The Morphology of Cultural Consumption Repertoires 3. From Global Cultural References to Global Imaginaries 4. Five Configurations of Aesthetico-Cultural CosmopolitanismConclusion to Part I: A Continuum of ConfigurationsPart 2: What Determines a Taste for the World?5. Omnivorism and Aesthetico-Cultural Cosmopolitanism6. Language Skills and Aesthetico-Cultural Cosmopolitanism7. Mobility and Aesthetico-Cultural CosmopolitanismPart 3: Cosmopolitan Amateurs8. Understanding the World 9. Feeling the World10. Tensions and DivisionsConclusion to Part III: Rejecting the Cultural Discount Hypothesis 11. General Conclusion: A Modern Sensibility for Today's World.