Monthly Archives: October 2008

French cuisine and national identity

Posted on 30 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

I read in this week’s French equivalent to Time magazine Le Point an interview of gourmet critique Christian Millau, creator of the famous restaurant guide of the best restaurants, that ‘French cuisine does not exist.’ Actually, it is a point … Continue reading →

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Back in France: diversity and integration

Posted on 29 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

I am back in France and have been staying for a month now. I left about 7-8 years ago and only came back a few days twice a year for season holidays to visit my parents. My contact with French … Continue reading →

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Obama the first cosmopolitan politician

Posted on 20 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Will Obama be the first cosmopolitan elected official? Everything points to an affirmative answer — on both counts. Surely, he is the first ever to be so multicultural with a Kenyan father, a US citizen mother, born in Hawaii, raised … Continue reading →

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Rousseau et le paradoxe d’une pensée cosmopolitique anti-cosmopolite

Posted on 19 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Dans la pensée de Rousseau, il y a un paradoxe sur lequel on se penche de plus en plus. Une certaine acrimonie face aux cosmopolites, alors que Rousseau exprime une pensée cosmopolitique en reprenant le grand projet de Saint-Pierre d’une … Continue reading →

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Cosmopolite, cosmopolitain, cosmopolitisme: définitions et problèmes

Posted on 17 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Que faut-il comprendre aujourd’hui des mots cosmopolite, cosmopolitisme ? D’abord si l’on reprend ‘histoire de l’apparition de ces mots, il faut bien se rendre à l’évidence que notre conception actuelle est liée au paradigme dominant du nationalisme qui nous pousse … Continue reading →

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Scandinavian literary weekend

Posted on 13 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

This weekend was under the sign of cosmopolitan literature. First of all, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio received the Nobel Prize in literature: ‘author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning … Continue reading →

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Thesis graded

Posted on 7 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

My thesis has been graded and I received the best grade possible in the Danish system: 12. That makes it an A in the ECTS system. Plus an excellent assessment of my work by my supervisor and my ‘censor’. I … Continue reading →

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