الاستغراب في مواجهة التغريب

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We will read in Dr.

Hasan Hanafi’s article a cognitive origination for the concept of “Occidentalism”.

This science has emerged in opposition to occidentalization which has extended not only to the cultural life and our conceptualization of the world but it also reached out to the daily styles of living and the purity of language, architecture, and the common aspects of life.

The choice of this article has been meant to deepen the vision with “Occidentalism” dissertation and to become acquainted with its complications from more than one aspect or view.

It is known that Dr.

Hanafi has been working over the past two decades on what he calls “the science of occidentalism” in the context of his intellectual project for the revival of the Arabic Islamic heritage.

This article that we have included for the reader falls under the cognitive course Occidentalism quarterly is trying to highlight through retrieving the serious texts in this context.

It is worth mentioning that the article mentioned is an excerpt from a research by the author under the title: “What Does the Science of Occidentalism Mean?” This research was published in the year 2000 and focuses on contemporary Islamic issues.