ما بعد الغرب.. عودة الشرق : نحو أطروحة تسترد لحضارتنا المشرقية أصالتها المؤسسة

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the main hypothesis he puts forward in this respect is that the continual translation from the West with the interpretation, illustration and editing of the translated material, and learning from it infinitely is a negligence of our ancestors’ lessons, at a time when we still criticize ourselves for not translating enough.

But have we ever asked the question, “When will we start innovating?”An essay of the Egyptian philosopher and Academic Professor Hassan Hanafi titled “The Post-Western World…The Return of the Orient”.

He focuses in the essay on the need to produce a cognitive pattern that aligns the intellectual challenges of the confrontation with the West.

He considers that the vertical relationship changes into a horizontal relationship, from a clash of civilizations to a dialogue of civilizations, and from orientalism where the other is a self and the ego a subject, to Occidentalism where the ego becomes a self and the other a subject.

Perhaps the main hypothesis he puts forward in this respect is that the continual translation from the West with the interpretation, illustration and editing of the translated material, and learning from it infinitely is a negligence of our ancestors’ lessons, at a time when we still criticize ourselves for not translating enough.

But have we ever asked the question, “When will we start innovating?”