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Teaching Plato in Palestine : Philosophy in a Divided World (Record no. 11114)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691173368
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 107.1
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Personal name Fraenkel, Carlos
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Title Teaching Plato in Palestine : Philosophy in a Divided World
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. UK;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 229 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Teaching Plato in Palestine is part intellectual travelogue, part plea for integrating philosophy into our personal and public life. Philosophical toolkit in tow, Carlos Fraenkel invites readers on a tour around the world as he meets students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, lapsed Hasidic Jews in New York, teenagers from poor neighborhoods in Brazil, and the descendants of Iroquois warriors in Canada. They turn to Plato and Aristotle, al-Ghaz?l? and Maimonides, Spinoza and Nietzsche for help to tackle big questions: Does God exist? Is piety worth it? Can violence be justified? What is social justice and how can we get there? Who should rule? And how shall we deal with the legacy of colonialism? Fraenkel shows how useful the tools of philosophy can be--particularly in places fraught with conflict--to clarify such questions and explore answers to them. In the course of the discussions, different viewpoints often clash. That's a good thing, Fraenkel argues, as long as we turn our disagreements on moral, religious, and philosophical issues into what he calls a "culture of debate." Conceived as a joint search for the truth, a culture of debate gives us a chance to examine the beliefs and values we were brought up with and often take for granted. It won't lead to easy answers, Fraenkel admits, but debate, if philosophically nuanced, is more attractive than either forcing our views on others or becoming mired in multicultural complacency--and behaving as if differences didn't matter at all.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Biography, Philosophy
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Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last checked out Price effective from Koha item type Public note Source of classification or shelving scheme
Withdrawn     Not For Loan Karachi Karachi Religion and Philosophy 01/07/2017 5 9 107.1 PKLC022741 02/01/2020 14/09/2019 01/07/2017 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Book Bazaar  
        Lahore Lahore Religion and Philosophy 01/07/2017 3 4 107.1 PKLC020391 19/02/2020 31/01/2020 16/07/2017 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17   Dewey Decimal Classification