Contemporary Moroccan Thought - (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) (Hardcover)

About the Book

Contemporary Moroccan Thought offers a new and broad coverage of the intellectual dynamics and scholarly output of what is presented here as the Rabat School since the 1950s. Geographically situated at the western edge of the classical Arab-Islamic world, Moroccan scholarship has made a belated yet vigorous comeback on the modern Arab intellectual scene, attracting wider reception beyond the Arabic-speaking world, through influential contributions in philosophical, theological, social and cultural studies.
This volume sets a new standard in the study of Moroccan, North African, and Middle Eastern societies, and will undoubtedly remain an important scholarly reference for generations to come.

Book Synopsis

Contemporary Moroccan Thought offers a new and broad coverage of the intellectual dynamics and scholarly output of what is presented here as the Rabat School since the 1950s. Geographically situated at the western edge of the classical Arab-Islamic world, Moroccan scholarship has made a belated yet vigorous comeback on the modern Arab intellectual scene, attracting wider reception beyond the Arabic-speaking world, through influential contributions in philosophical, theological, social and cultural studies.
This volume sets a new standard in the study of Moroccan, North African, and Middle Eastern societies, and will undoubtedly remain an important scholarly reference for generations to come.

Contributors: Deina Abdelkader, Nayla Abi Nader, Kholoud Al-Ajarma, Salah Basalamah, Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed, Sara Borrillo, Ibrahim Bouhaouliane, Tina Dransfeldt Christensen, Driss El Ghazouani, Brahim El Guabli, Abdennabi El Harri, Amin El-Yousfi, Francesca Forte, Fatma Gargouri, Wael Hallaq, Mohammed Hashas, Alma Rachel Heckman, Aziz Hlaoua, Abdellatif Kidai, Markus Kneer, Mohamed Lamallam, Khalid Lyamlahy, Juan A. Macías-Amoretti, Djelloul Magoura, Mohammed K. B. Rhazzali, Raja Rhouni, Nils Riecken, Fatima Sadiqi, Hamza Salih, Ari Schriber, Simone Sibilio, and Abdessalam Tawil.

Review Quotes

"Contemporary Moroccan Thought offers a breathtakingly interdisciplinary survey of a rich debate on philosophy, theology, society, politics and culture. Mohammed Hashas' intriguing preface and introduction make a strong case for considering this tradition in a national context, with an innovative typology of 'near-far-other, ' which invites comparative work and provides myriad inroads for scholars of modern Morocco." - Michaelle L. Browers, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, author of Democracy and Civil Society in Arab Political Thought
"This is an invaluable work that is appearing at the right time. Hashas' long, learned introduction is especially useful as a guide to the volume as a whole. With his essay and the rest of the studies the work is almost encyclopaedic in its coverage and will be mined by advanced students and seasoned scholars from a wide range of humanities disciplines for many years for insights on the whole atmosphere of thought in the Maghrib, the approaches of specific Maghribi thinkers, and details of key moments in Moroccan intellectual history. A necessary work in the collection of any researcher into the intellectual history of the Maghribi and Islamic world." - Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town, author of Language, Identity, Modernity: The Arabic Study Circle of Durban
"This is a valuable and much needed addition to the field of contemporary Arab intellectual history. Hashas has put together first-rate essays on major and diverse figures of contemporary Moroccan thought. Together, they invite the reader to explore the wide range of themes and disciplines that Moroccan thinkers have been delving into and also to critically assess the edge that they might represent in the larger regional context." - Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, author of Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective

About the Author

Mohammed Hashas [Ḥaṣḥāṣ] (PhD 2013) is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Humanities and Society at Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy. His publications include Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm (2020), The Idea of European Islam (2019), and Islam, State and Modernity (2018).