This article seeks to problematise the perception that young people are committed cosmopolitans by highlighting some of the contradictory and contingent practices that young White British youth engage in. To do so, I explore a contradiction that emerged in my recent projects when young people talked about mobility and migration, namely how some White British youth want (and assume) freedom of movement for themselves but are opposed to freedom of movement when it involves immigrants coming to Britain. Here I argue that this can be viewed as an effort to enjoy the benefits of a cosmopolitan lifestyle (particularly through geographical mobility) while nonetheless wishing to limit opportunities for cultural Others to do likewise. This manifestation, I suggest, should be seen as a one-way form of cosmopolitanism that is not just contradictory, but also a reflection of the mixed messages young people in Britain receive about mobility, migration, multiculturalism, citizenship and individualism.

本文通过突出一些年轻的英国白人青年从事的矛盾和偶然性实践，试图使人们对年轻人是国际主义者的看法产生质疑。为此，我探索了在我最近的项目中年轻人谈论流动性时出现的矛盾。与移民有关，即某些英国白人青年如何想要（并假设）自己的迁徙自由，但在涉及到英国的移民时却反对迁徙自由。在这里，我认为这可以看作是享受国际化生活方式（特别是通过地理流动性）带来的好处的努力，同时又希望限制其他文化工作者也可以这样做。我建议，这种表现应被视为世界主义的一种单向形式，而不仅仅是矛盾的，