Democracy of History: The Genius of Noetic Justice in Anwar Frangi's Thought
This article explores Anwar Frangi’s concept of Noetic Justice as it emerges in the context of his Oral Summer Groupal Seminars (OSGS) and is formalized in his larger philosophical-political project. Unlike the modern philosophical focus on epistemic justice, often tied to recognition or distribution of knowledge, Frangi roots justice in living participation in the development of Thought, a process he terms Noetic. We first trace how ancient Greek philosophers such as Anaxagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle linked “nous” to truth, but not to justice. Then, we examine how Frangi reconfigures “nous” from a metaphysical principle into a political criterion, one that governs legitimacy within his two core regimes: Democracy of History and Creocracy. In doing so, Frangi introduces a new axis for justice: not representation, not identity, not truth as correspondence, but creative participation in the evolution of Thought. The article concludes with a clarification of the structural distinctions between communities and groups, civil and civic domains, and explains how Frangi’s two-phase temporal logic ensures that governance remains dynamic, creative, and just. All Oral Summer Groupal Seminars (OSGS, 1998-present) quotations are transcribed by Dr. Anwar Frangi and cited with session dates.
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16793199
- Primary Topic
- Asian Studies and History
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00