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Dialectics and Freedom: The Interpretation of Hegel in Syria

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This chapter deals with some general reflections about the main aspects of Hegel’s contemporary reception in Syria and Lebanon, based on the information and elements presented in the previous chapters, and focuses on the central role of Marxism and on the peculiar situation of Syria.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    As I will show, Hasan Hanafī was already interested in the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion in 1971 but has worked on Gibelin’s French translation (Hegel [1832] 1954–1959).

  2. 2.

    Murqus translated Garaudy ([1966] 1973) and Saddiqnī translated Châtelet (1970) and Hyppolite (1981). Also Michel Kīlū, the translator of Karl Löwith’s From Hegel to Nietzsche (1988) is a well-known intellectual and human rights activist.

  3. 3.

    The lack of the term Sollen in Imām ʿAbd al-Fattāh Imām’s German–English–Arabic glossary (1984, pp. 386–405) is also indicative. The concept of Sollen, in fact, connects Hegel to his time and to the critique of the Kant–Fichtean moral theory and vision of the world.

  4. 4.

    On the back cover of the book (Hegel 1984), the focus on ethics and the link with Kant are emphasized. It also mentions Hegel’s criticism of the “hard” and legalist aspect of the Jewish religion.

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Ventura, L. (2018). Dialectics and Freedom: The Interpretation of Hegel in Syria. In: Hegel in the Arab World. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78066-5_17

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