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An invitation to rethink our place in the world from the perspective of nomads.
Sedentary-state civilizations have historically degraded nomadic people as primitive or barbaric and sought to "civilize" them; however, the nomads have resisted this and tried to maintain their way of life. What is the underlying thought behind this resistance? What does it mean to be human according to the nomads? What might be the metanarrative of humanity from a nomadic perspective? Nomadic Thinking, seeking answers to these interrelated questions, consists of an effort to explain the nomadic conception of humanity within the language of Western philosophy. It uncovers the nomadic way of thinking by examining both the social lives and cultural narratives of nomads themselves. As author Buket Korkut-Raptis makes clear, nomadic thought offers a much-needed ethical perspective necessary to overcome exploitative human relations and to modify our relationship with nature. It revives our trust in humanity and gives us hope that we can be creative in finding new forms of social life, better than what we are confined to in our civilized world.
"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
Buket Korkut-Raptis is Professor of Philosophy at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.
Foreword to the English Edition
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: How Is Philosophical Anthropology Possible?
I. Traces of the Nomads in History
1. Nomadic Culture: Another Option
2. A Comparative Analysis of Creation Myths
3. The Epic of Gilgamesh or the Epic of a Nomad Sent by Gods
4. The Stories of Dede Korkut: On Nomadic Values
5. The Distinction between Ethical and Political Power
6. The Nomads' Power of Solidarity
II. Against State Philosophers
7. On What Kind of Being Humans May Be
8. Ancient Greek State Philosophers: Plato and Aristotle
9. The Last Representative of Modern State Philosophers
10. The Last Word of the Nomads: "After This, Nothing Happened"
11. The Irreconcilability of Culture and Civilization
12. Inconsistencies of Our Contemporary Civilization
13. The Influence of Nomadic Thinking on the Enlightenment
14. Ethical Resistance Instead of Seizing Political Power
III. Nomadic Thinking on Nature and Humanity
15. Nomadic Naturalism
16. Nomadic Humanism
17. The Hope of the Last Nomad and an Invitation
Afterword to the English Edition
Notes
Bibliography
Index