ISONOMIA AND THE ORIGINS OF PHILOSOPHY

In Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophypublished originally in Japanese and now available in four languagesKojin Karatani questi ons the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia, a set of G reek colonies located in present-day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomiaa system based on non-rule and a la ck of social divisions whereby equality is realized through the freedom to immigrateKaratani shows how early Greek thinkers from He raclitus to ...[Read more]