Politics and Excellence

Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi
AuthorsMiriam Galston
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFarabi
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
1990
Publication placeUnited States
Pages252

Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi is a 1990 book by the philosopher Miriam Galston. The book was awarded the Farabi Award.[1]

Content

The author develops a theory accounting how Farabi's major political treatises form a coherent political philosophy. Galston's research focuses on Farabi's views of the nature of happiness, the characteristics of ideal rulers, the best kind of government, and the relationship between political theory and theoretical inquiry.[2]

Reception

The book has been reviewed in the Journal of the History of Philosophy and the International Journal of Middle East Studies.[3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "Miriam Galston" (PDF).
  2. ^ Galston, Miriam (1990). Politics and Excellence. ISBN 0691078084.
  3. ^ Abed, Shukri (1993). "Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 31 (3): 461–463. doi:10.1353/hph.1993.0056. ISSN 1538-4586. S2CID 147561643.
  4. ^ Walbridge, John (August 1992). "Miriam Galston, Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990). Pp. 251". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 24 (3): 534–536. doi:10.1017/S0020743800022194. ISSN 1471-6380. S2CID 145172519.
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