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Hegel’s Philosophy of History and the Thought of Nadrah al-Yāzajī

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This chapter deals with the relationship and similarities between the thought of the Syrian writer and thinker Nadrah al-Yāzajī and Hegel’s views, especially about the view of history and the role of peoples in it. It also considers the views about this topic expressed by al-Yāzajī in a written interview with him in 2010.

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    The “Beautiful Soul” “vanishes as a shapeless vapour dissolving into thin air” (Hegel [1807] 1931, p. 667). It faces a destiny of “consumption” (p. 676) because it refuses to communicate and share.

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    This is also confirmed by the author himself, who, regarding his philosophical formation, mentions Hegel together with other great names, such as Spengler and Toynbee, without giving him a prominent role (conversation with the author, Damascus, March 23, 2010).

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    Clearly, I am referring to the situation in Syria prior to the current conflict. Nevertheless, even in recent events, it can be recognized that Syria has not sunk blindly into a sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, nor between Christians and Muslims. In the areas still controlled by the state, national unity and solidarity between confessions is a strong point on which representatives of various religious beliefs insist.

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    For him “Christ was, and still is a sage, who preached man’s freedom and emancipation from the fetters of mere living.”

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  • Al-Yāzajī, Nadrah. n.d. Trans-cultural Understanding or Varieties of Cultures and Oneness of Human Thought. Damascus: Dār al-Ghirbal.

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  • ———. 2010. Written Interview with the Author. March, 23.

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  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. [1807] 1931. The Phenomenology of Mind. Translated, Introduction and Notes by J. B. Baillie. 2nd rev. ed. London: George Allen and Unwin; New York: Humanity Press.

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Lorella Ventura

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Ventura, L. (2018). Hegel’s Philosophy of History and the Thought of Nadrah al-Yāzajī. In: Hegel in the Arab World. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78066-5_16

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