Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy /
Kojin Karatani questions the canonical glorification of philosophy and democracy in ancient Athens by placing Western philosophy's origins in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey that practiced isonomia--a system based on non-rule and a lack of social divisions whereby e...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2017.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Kojin Karatani questions the canonical glorification of philosophy and democracy in ancient Athens by placing Western philosophy's origins in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey that practiced isonomia--a system based on non-rule and a lack of social divisions whereby equality is realized through individual freedom. |
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Notas: | Translated from the Japanese. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (175 pages): illustrations, maps |
ISBN: | 9780822372714 |