Citizen of the World
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-3054-5 (ISBN)
The early Greek Cynic, Diogenes, when asked where he came from simply replied: kosmopolitēs - ‘I am a citizen of the world’. The ethical and political paradigm of cosmopolitanism is often exclusively attributed to the ancient schools of Cynicism and Stoicism. Cosmopolitanism is commonly assumed to have reached an impasse throughout the Middle Ages, only to resurface during the Enlightenment with the political philosophies of Hugo Grotius, Adam Smith, and Immanuel Kant. However, the political philosophy of Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī (870-950 CE), represents a promising avenue for the revival and expansion of cosmopolitanism. By harmonizing Plato and Aristotle with Neoplatonism and Islamic theology (kalām) in a radically innovative manner, al-Fārābī ambitiously proposes the existence of a political community extending across the entire inhabited world. This book demonstrates that the possibility and promise of al-Fārābī’s cosmopolitanism remains an enduring contribution to contemporary debates concerning the future of democracy and global political association.
Josh Hayes is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Alvernia University and Associate Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. His research addresses the comparative intersection between ancient Greek philosophy, medieval Islamic philosophy, and contemporary continental philosophy. Recent publications include ‘Al-Fārābī’s Cosmopolitical Imaginaries’ (Journal of Social Imaginaries, 2024), ‘Configurations of Shame from Ancient Greece to Medieval Islam,’ (Cultures of Shame, Routledge, 2023), ‘Al-Fārābī’s Phenomenology of the Political Imagination,’ (Iranian Yearbook of Phenomenology, 2020) and ‘Cosmos and Community: A History of Medieval Islamic Cosmopolitanism’ (Edinburgh Critical History of Middle Ages and Renaissance Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, 2020). His edited volumes include From Philosophy to Falsafa: A Graeco-Arabic Dialogue (Bloomsbury, forthcoming), Heidegger and the Islamicate World (Rowman and Littlefield Press, 2019) and Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Chapter I: Al-Fārābī’s Plato
Introduction: Cosmos
1. The Revival of Platonism
2. From Demiurge to Nocturnal Council
3. Philosopher in the Cosmopolis
Chapter II: Aristotle, the First Teacher
1. The Peripatetic Inheritance
2. Al-Fārābī’s Circle
3. Prophecy and Egalitarianism
Chapter III: Civic Virtues
1. Friendship in Plato and Aristotle
2. Benevolence and Civic Friendship
3. Concord and the Politics of Friendship
Chapter IV: The Democratic City
1. The Political Animal
2. Weeds, Vipers, and Beasts
3. Liberty and Justice for All
Chapter V: Cosmopolitan Virtues
1. An Ethics of Hospitality
2. Generosity and the First Cause
3. Solidarity in the Virtuous City
Chapter VI: Cosmopolitical Imaginaries
1. The Invention of Imagination
2. Between Word and Image
3. Beyond All Borders
Coda: Community
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cycles |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-3054-2 / 1399530542 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-3054-5 / 9781399530545 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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