The Political Identity of the West: Platonism in the Dialogue of Cultures (English and German Edition) - Softcover
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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The Editors: Marcel van Ackeren is Instructor in Philosophy at the Ruhr-University of Bochum and in Political Theory at Cologne University. His work focuses on Greek and Political Philosophy.
Orrin F. Summerell is Instructor in Philosophy at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. His work focuses on ancient Greek and classical German thought.
Orrin F. Summerell is Instructor in Philosophy at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. His work focuses on ancient Greek and classical German thought.
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- PublisherPeter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 3631555458
- ISBN 13 9783631555453
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages210
- EditorVan Ackeren Marcel, Summerell Orrin Finn
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