Nomadic Thinking

Buket Korkut-Raptis is Professor of Philosophy at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.

• Foreword to the English EditionAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: How Is Philosophical Anthropology Possible?I. Traces of the Nomads in History1. Nomadic Culture: Another Option2. A Comparative Analysis of Creation Myths3. The Epic of Gilgamesh or the Epic of a Nomad Sent by Gods4. The Stories of Dede Korkut: On Nomadic Values5. The Distinction between Ethical and Political Power6. The Nomads' Power of SolidarityII. Against State Philosophers7. On What Kind of Being Humans May Be8. Ancient Greek State Philosophers: Plato and Aristotle9. The Last Representative of Modern State Philosophers10. The Last Word of the Nomads: "After This, Nothing Happened"11. The Irreconcilability of Culture and Civilization 12. Inconsistencies of Our Contemporary Civilization13. The Influence of Nomadic Thinking on the Enlightenment14. Ethical Resistance Instead of Seizing Political PowerIII. Nomadic Thinking on Nature and Humanity 15. Nomadic Naturalism 16. Nomadic Humanism17. The Hope of the Last Nomad and an InvitationAfterword to the English EditionNotesBibliographyIndex

"While composed from a philosophical point of view, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche and Gilles Deleuze, Nomadic Thinking covers important authors in fields such as ethics, philosophical anthropology, and political philosophy. What is important is that Korkut-Raptis's intent is not about recounting the views of the authors she mentions but rather using them as provocations and inspirations for developing an independent, consistent, and persuasive argument on behalf of nomadic philosophy and nomadic ways of life. There are strong reasons to believe there will be a significant and well-deserved interest in this book." — Adam Chmielewski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland