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100	1		_aFraenkel, Carlos
245	1	0	_aTeaching plato in palestine : _bphilosophy in a divided world _cby Carlos Fraenkel
260			_aNew Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c©2015
300			_axviii, 229 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_t1. Teaching Plato in Palestine
505			_t2. Teaching Maimonides in Makassar
505			_t3. Spinoza in Shtreimels: An Underground Seminar
505			_t4. Citizen Philosophers in Brazil
505			_t5. Word-Warriors: Philosophy in Mohawk Land
505			_t6. Diversity and Debate
520			_aTeaching 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. Collapse summary
650		0	_aPhilosophy
650		0	_aCultural relations
650		7	_aCultural relations
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