The Political Identity of the West : Platonism in the Dialogue of Cultures
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631555458
ISBN-13
9783631555453
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 2006
Print length
210 Pages
Weight
284 grams
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15.00 x 20.90 x 1.30 cms
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Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600Phenomenology & ExistentialismSocial & political philosophyPolitical ideologiesPolitical ideologies and movementsAncient Greek and Roman philosophyMedieval Western philosophyPhenomenology and ExistentialismSocial and political philosophy
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To assert that a ‘clash of civilizations’ follows inexorably from the different religious convictions at the foundations of Western Judeo-Christian and Arabic-Islamic cultures means to deny that a common political rationality can articulate genuinely universal, albeit culturally situated values. The eleven contributions to the present volume take up this controversy by challenging its premise that the heritage of classical Greek thought is exclusively part of Western political identity. By exploring the tradition of Platonism informing both Arabic-Islamic and Western political thought and intellectual history in key stations in their history, the contributors show how Platonic political theory can still bear fruit in the present day, especially in the context of dialogue between cultures.
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