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Gadflies in the Public Space - A Socratic Legacy of Philosophical Dissent (Hardcover)
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Gadflies in the Public Space - A Socratic Legacy of Philosophical Dissent (Hardcover)
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The concept of disobedient consciousness and the rebellious
Socratic mind that grows out of this book is, above all, a product
of Ramin Jahanbegloo's life meetings with the two apparently
contradictory worlds of philosophy and politics. More precisely, it
is the result of approaching the public realm in terms of a
philosophical quest for truth and justice. This restless quest for
truth and justice has a history that continues to bear upon us,
however much we choose to ignore it. We can think about the current
situation of philosophy by exploring that history. The image of
Socrates represents a mid-point between politics and philosophy;
the Socratic mind, exemplified by the presence of the public gadfly
in history, finds itself at the beginning of a new struggle for
truth. The journey to this struggle started with the trial of
Socrates, followed by the experiences of Henry David Thoreau,
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Albert Camus. But the
forging of the rebellious mind and the sustaining of the civic task
of philosophy are goals which impose themselves to each of us
whenever we are reminded by the urgency of critical thinking in our
own dark times. The future of humankind necessarily requires
convictions and commitments, but it also requires Socratic rebels,
of the mind and of action, who have the courage to swim against the
tide. Examining dissent in the history of philosophy, this book
will appeal to scholars of political theory and political
philosophy and to scholars and students of political and
intellectual history.
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