Ben ami scharfstein biography of albert
Ben ami scharfstein biography of albert bandura.
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Tel-Aviv University
Abstract
This essay highlights Ben-Ami Scharfstein’s major philosophical projects: first, philosophizing that includes nonwestern philosophies, especially Chinese and Indian, and that creates a dialogue between philosophers and philosophical traditions without prioritizing any of them, and without taking western philosophy as the point of departure.
Second, a similar, inclusive move in the field of art, art without borders if you wish.
Ben ami scharfstein biography of albert
Here the inclusivity applies not just to east and west, north and south, but even to animal-made art. Just as he wrote about philosophy in China and India, attempting to say something broader about humanity and humanism, so too does Scharfstein’s argument about animals and art have far-reaching implications, above and beyond the question of the demarcation of art.
He aims to tell us something about the human-animal relationship, about lack of solidarity between fellow i