This book is clearly titled Cosmopolitan Sociology . It

might sound descriptive nevertheless cosmopolitanism is

not a mere « subject » and topic of sociological research. It

was a great and misleading scientific error to consider cosmopolitanism as a sociological subject.

The authors provide a stimulating reading and an important step towards a cosmopolitan sociology as a paradigm,

methodology and working style although it still implies to

fight against « zombie concepts » (as Beck defined them) as

« culture » and « identity » replaced by memetics and evolutionary contingency, for example. The challenge is huge

and the two coauthors are solid and strong enough to drive

the road ahead (from the « Preface » by Andrea Pitasi ).