Hegel in the Arab World

Modernity, Colonialism, and Freedom

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Lorella Ventura discusses the reception of Hegelian thought and outlines a conceptual grid to help interpret the historical, cultural, and political events that have affected the Arab region in the last two centuries, and shed light on some aspects of its complex relationship with the western world.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-14
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt332 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
Upplaga18001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319780658

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1. Introduction.- 2. Widespread views in Hegel's time.- 3. World history and the role of peoples.- 4. Hegel's view of Islam.- 5. The “modern” West and the non-Western world.- 6. Translations and the transmission of “modern” ideas in Muhammad ʿAlī's Egypt.- 7. The foreign universities in Syria: competition among the “West”.- 8. The Syrian Protestant College: between mission and education.- 9. Religion and reason in the view of the American missionaries in Syria.- 10. The presence of Hegelian elements in the thought of Josiah Strong.- 11. The textbooks of Syrian Protestant College and Hegel's philosophy of history.- 12. The Université Saint-Joseph and French culture.- 13. The direct reception of Hegel as a recent phenomenon: Syria and Lebanon.- 14. Hegel today: conversations with Yūsuf Salāma and Joseph Maʿalūf.- 15. Conversations with Ahmad Barqāwī and George Saddiqnī.- 16. Hegel's philosophy of history and the thought of Nadrah al-Yāzajī.- 17. Dialectics and freedom: the interpretation of Hegel in Syria.- 18. The reception of Hegel in Egypt and the “Spirit of time” (Zeitgeist).- Appendix. Hegel’s works translated into Arabic.