World Social Forum as a subject of cosmopolitan politics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34767/SIIP.2018.17.11Keywords:
World Social Forum, alterglobalism, neoliberalism, cosmopolitanism, Boaventura de Sousa Santos.Abstract
The World Social Forum emerged at the beginning of the 21st century as the leading subject of the alterglobalist movement. It brings together movements that oppose neo-liberal globalization and fight against the ever-weaker control of citizens over the actions of powerful national and supranational entities. As an institution uniting diverse groups excluded from all over the world, it aims to create a platform of global resistance. The innovative dimension of the Forum is to challenge the narrow understanding of alternatives to the current economic and political order and to create conditions for a cosmopolitan policy aimed at grassroots, decentralized and democratic global governance. The aim of the article is to present the characteristics of the World Social Forum
as a subject of cosmopolitan politics, to show the challenges ahead and to reveal its political potential.
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