Avicenna and the Aristotelian left /

Ernst Bloch gives a striking account of materialism that traces emancipatory elements of modern thought to medieval Islamic philosophers' encounter with Aristotle. He argues that the great medieval Islamic philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sina) planted the seeds of a radical materialism still relevant...

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Main Author: Bloch, Ernst, 1885-1977 (Author)
Other Authors: Goldman, Loren (Translator), Thompson, Peter (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; A Note on the Text and Translation; Acknowledgments; Introduction, by Loren Goldman; Avicenna and the Aristotelian Left; Notes; Bibliography; Index