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Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy
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2017
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Kōjin 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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Kōjin 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.
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"A work of historical importance, this book should be read by all who are interested in the innumerable conflicts that beset the contemporary world. Essential."
-- J. A. Fischel Choice
"Karatani’s Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy is a deceptively complex work that offers numerous transdisciplinary insights for the philosophically initiated and uninitiated alike. And while its true value may be its intellectual historical angle – namely, its fascinating re-presentation of the history of Greek philosophy – Isonomia is a very worthwhile part of Karatani’s broader effort to offer readers an illuminating systematic perspective from which to view our contemporary political and philosophical situation."
-- Brendan Harvey Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
"Provocative, wide-ranging, and very clearly written, Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy is highly worthwhile to read for philosophers, political theorists, and anyone interested in questions of universal history."
-- Grant Andersen Philosophy in Review
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Contents
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Translator’s Note
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Author’s Preface to the Japanese Edition
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. Ionian Society and Thought
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Chapter 2. The Background of Ionian Natural Philosophy
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Chapter 3. The Essential Points of Ionian Natural Philosophy
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Chapter 4. Post-Ionian Thought
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Chapter 5. Socrates and Empire
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From The Structure of World History to Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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9780822372714
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