Alexander Orwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4125006 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Orwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Orwin |
| SIGNATURE | ORWIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Double Life of Ibn Bajja: A Platonic Philosopher among the Potentates of His Time
Ibn Bajja both lavishly praises Plato, and quietly alters his teaching. He develops a novel version of the Platonic city, taken partly from Alfarabi, which completely excludes non-philosophers from it, arguing that the gap between purely intellectual philosophy and mostly corporeal politics is simply too great. This allows Ibn Bajja to escape many of the problems associated with the exposition and implementation of the city of the Republic and Po…
Democracy under the Caliphs: Alfarabi's Unusual Understanding of Popular Rule
The account of “democracy” presented in the writings of Alfarabi differs considerably from all other treatments of the subject, both ancient and modern. The goal of this article is to elucidate thefalāsifa's view of democracy and account for its unusual character, by showing how appropriate it is to both the meaning of the term in medieval Arabic and the political situation of their own time. Questions such as internal order, war, immigration, ph…
Can Humankind Deliberate on a Global Scale?Alfarabi and the Politics of the Inhabited World
Alfarabi treats the question of global governance more thoroughly than any of his Greek predecessors. The key to understanding his view of the matter lies with his highly selective use of the term "inhabited world" across several works. Citing the inhabited world's enormous size, immeasurable diversity, and frequently inhospitable terrain, Alfarabi rejects the possibility that its entirety will ever be governed politically. Furthermore, Alfarabi …
Democracy under the Caliphs: Alfarabi's Unusual Understanding of Popular Rule
The account of “democracy” presented in the writings of Alfarabi differs considerably from all other treatments of the subject, both ancient and modern. The goal of this article is to elucidate thefalāsifa's view of democracy and account for its unusual character, by showing how appropriate it is to both the meaning of the term in medieval Arabic and the political situation of their own time. Questions such as internal order, war, immigration, ph…
Can Humankind Deliberate on a Global Scale?Alfarabi and the Politics of the Inhabited World
Alfarabi treats the question of global governance more thoroughly than any of his Greek predecessors. The key to understanding his view of the matter lies with his highly selective use of the term "inhabited world" across several works. Citing the inhabited world's enormous size, immeasurable diversity, and frequently inhospitable terrain, Alfarabi rejects the possibility that its entirety will ever be governed politically. Furthermore, Alfarabi …
Can Humankind Deliberate on a Global Scale?Alfarabi and the Politics of the Inhabited World
Alfarabi treats the question of global governance more thoroughly than any of his Greek predecessors. The key to understanding his view of the matter lies with his highly selective use of the term "inhabited world" across several works. Citing the inhabited world's enormous size, immeasurable diversity, and frequently inhospitable terrain, Alfarabi rejects the possibility that its entirety will ever be governed politically. Furthermore, Alfarabi …
Democracy under the Caliphs: Alfarabi's Unusual Understanding of Popular Rule
The account of “democracy” presented in the writings of Alfarabi differs considerably from all other treatments of the subject, both ancient and modern. The goal of this article is to elucidate thefalāsifa's view of democracy and account for its unusual character, by showing how appropriate it is to both the meaning of the term in medieval Arabic and the political situation of their own time. Questions such as internal order, war, immigration, ph…
The Double Life of Ibn Bajja: A Platonic Philosopher among the Potentates of His Time
Ibn Bajja both lavishly praises Plato, and quietly alters his teaching. He develops a novel version of the Platonic city, taken partly from Alfarabi, which completely excludes non-philosophers from it, arguing that the gap between purely intellectual philosophy and mostly corporeal politics is simply too great. This allows Ibn Bajja to escape many of the problems associated with the exposition and implementation of the city of the Republic and Po…
Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)