Re-Telling the History of Political Thought

This paper explores the construction of the canon of political theory. I argue that the interpretation of the canon that defines ancient pagan Greeks as the founders of western political thought, includes medieval Christian thinkers, and yet defines out Muslim and Jewish philosophers is based upon...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:aa168639232c49d9bc01e8cb209806022021-12-02T19:41:29ZRe-Telling the History of Political Thought 10.35632/ajis.v19i1.19742690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/aa168639232c49d9bc01e8cb209806022002-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1974https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This paper explores the construction of the canon of political theory. I argue that the interpretation of the canon that defines ancient pagan Greeks as the founders of western political thought, includes medieval Christian thinkers, and yet defines out Muslim and Jewish philosophers is based upon western eth­nocentric secular assumptions about the proper role of reason, experience and revelation in philosophical thinking. Katherine H. BullockInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2002)
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description This paper explores the construction of the canon of political theory. I argue that the interpretation of the canon that defines ancient pagan Greeks as the founders of western political thought, includes medieval Christian thinkers, and yet defines out Muslim and Jewish philosophers is based upon western eth­nocentric secular assumptions about the proper role of reason, experience and revelation in philosophical thinking.
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