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HOPT - Lectures 1 - 6

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HOPT - Lectures 1 - 6 'Democratic' or Popular state of Al-Farbi - ANS-Distinct from Plato: Al-Farabi sees great potential (and dangers!) in democratic polity Much pleasure/flourishing & liberty & t ... rade It is a glittering, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan society in which several religions can functions side by side Al-Farabi on religion & philosophy - ANS-Philosophy = Intellectual Cognition --> Truth Religion = Imaginings --> Images of the truth Al-Farabi's ideal state - ANS-- Advanced division of labor based on individual cognitive capacities and bodily skills - (theocratic) Epistemocracy - Explicity embraces Aristotle's idea that humans are social-political animals - A good state can be a city, a country or an empire, but the best virtuous city is a multi-national empire Al-Ghazali on Al-Farabi - ANS-Political theory of the philosophers = mostly public policy Political theory of the philosophers = not original; pretty much plagiarized from Quran and other scriptures Arthasastra - ANS-- Example of statecraft - Ruling involves skilled attention to lost of political mechanisms and skilled delegation of responsibilities to others - Shows intimate link between domestica affairs and international relations Arthasatra: Main aim(s) of Government - ANS-- Government is a means of enrichment of...Government (the King) - Motivates not just way, but a lot of state economic activity - When this works well, the interest of the soverign works on behalf os everybody's interests Author of Arthasastra - ANS-- Authorship is disputed - It is often attributed to Canakya, a ruthless Brahmana, who became the political advisor to future emepror Chandragupta Maurya Background of the politics in Athens - ANS-- It was a so-called direct or popular democracy. However, women, children, slaves and resident foreigners were excluded. - Met in a regular assembly. A [Show More]

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