Download or read book Political Philosophy in the East an West written by Jaan Islam and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century, amid the convergence of global political, social, and economic forces we are asking ourselves the fundamental values we hold true, facing an antagonism between different school of philosophy¿between left and right politics. The proposed book provides a comprehensive analysis of western political philosophy and underlines the core principles of each argument. It then argues that non have solved, or have any pathway to eventually solve, the question of right and wrong¿we are essentially moral relativists in disguise. In order to break out of this cycle of uncertainty, the book purposes a solution of knowledge-based cognition: policy based on a concrete and prove understanding of an absolute and certain body of truths. This requires an analysis and blending of non-western political philosophical traditions, such as those espoused by Islam and Confucianism. This book gives an original critique of western political philosophy and is the first book to engage in a philosophical reconstruction of Islamic political philosophy.