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In this chapter the main points from my conversations about Hegel’s thought with Ahmad Barqāwī and George Saddiqnī, two prominent figures of the academic and cultural context in the area, held in 2009, are reported. These are a useful tool in giving an up-to-date idea of the situation and showing an example of the different intellectual orientations that may be taken in relation to Hegel’s philosophy in the present.
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The main points from my conversations with Ahmad Barqāwī, on May 15, 2009 in Damascus are reported here.
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Patriotism is linked to the territorial element and ideas of the French Revolution.
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Bilād al-Shām: the medieval Caliphate province of the eastern Mediterranean, or Western Mesopotamia and the Levant. Modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan.
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Barqāwī observes that Sufism, Islamic mysticism, in this frame represents a new way inside Islam and a shift from the main line.
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The essential points of my conversation with George Saddiqnī on May 11, 2009, in Damascus are reported here.
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Patrick Seale (1989, p. 171) mentions him as a party ideologue and Minister of Information during the October War in 1973.
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As far as I know, his published studies are not easily available. Some pages from his university lessons kindly provided by Saddiqnī did not concern Hegel’s thinking.
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Châtelet, François. 1970. Hegel. Translated by George Saddiqnī. Damascus: Wazārat al-thaqāfa.
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb. [1808] 2008. Addresses to the German Nation. Translated by Gregory Moore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hyppolite, Jean. 1981. Dirāsāt fī Marx wa Hegel [Studies on Marx and Hegel]. Translated by George Saddiqnī. Damascus: Wazārat al-thaqāfa.
Seale, Patrick. 1989. Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. Berkeley: University of Californa Press.
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Ventura, L. (2018). Conversations with Ahmad Barqāwī and George Saddiqnī. In: Hegel in the Arab World. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78066-5_15
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