Radical Generosity

In this bold and original work, Ali Kashani argues that the rise of the far right politicaldiscourse, xenophobia, and the current immigration and refugee crisis indicate thatexisting values, norms, and practices are inadequate. Thus, it is vital to critique andresist existing values and norms that produce ultra-nationalistic and xenophobicpractices. Thus, radical generosity is crucial and necessary. The concept of radicalgenerosity opens the possibility for the transformation of ethical and political practicesand a move toward cosmopolitanism.Kashani develops the concept of radical generosity as a social and political practiceand as an original grounding for cosmopolitanism, as both an ethical and politicaltransformative practice-and as a critique to resist the rise of the far right politicaldiscourse and xenophobia. Radical Generosity suggests, a new way to bridgeethical and political practices and moves beyond ethical subjectivity by Derrida andLevinas and draws inspiration from the Stoics, Aristotle’s virtue ethics , radicalized byNietzsche’s concept of magnanimity with anarchist tendencies,and Marx’s idea ofpraxis as social transformative practice.