Karatani Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7271-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karatani, Kojin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Murphy, Joseph A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Note vii
Map viii
Author's Preface to the Japanese Edition ix
Introduction
Universal Religion 1
Ethical Prophets 5
Exemplary Prophets 7
1. Ionian Society and Thought
Athens and Ionia 11
Isonomia and Democracy 14
Athenian Democracy 17
State and Democracy 20
Colonization and Isonomia 22
Iceland and North America 26
Isonomia and Council 31
2, The Background of Ionian Natural Philosophy
Natural Philosophy and Ethics 35
Hippocrates 39
Herodotus 42
Homer 46
Hesiod 51
3. The Essential Points of Ionian Natural Philosophy
The Critique of Religion 56
Self-Moving Matter 58
Poiesis and Becoming 62
4. Post-Ionian Thought
Pythagoras 68
Heraclitus 80
Parmenides 87
Post-Eliatics 96
5. Socrates and Empire
The Athenian Empire and Democracy 103
Sophists and Rule by Rhetoric 107
The Trial of Socrates 110
The Riddle of Socrates 114
Daimon 118
The Socratic Method 121
Plato and Pythagoras 125
The Philosopher-King 127
Isonomia and the Philosopher-King 130
Appendix. From Structure of World History to Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy 135
Timeline of the Ancient World 141
Notes 143
Bibliography 155
Index 159

Über Autor(innen)

Kojin Karatani is an internationally renowned theorist and philosopher. Previously, he was a professor at Hosei University in Tokyo, Kinki University in Osaka, and Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Structure of World History: From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange and Origins of Modern Japanese Literature, both also published by Duke University Press.