We delve into the need to fill the literary and intellectual gap in Moroccan scholarship, the impacts of notable contemporary Moroccan philosophers and thinkers, and how their ideas engage with local, regional, and global issues like modernity, democracy, and human rights. Dr Mohammed Hashas is an assistant professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and discusses his new book on contemporary Moroccan thought, which focuses on philosophy, theology, society, and culture. He shares his academic journey and personal experiences that led to the creation of this comprehensive work.

0:00 Introduction 

2:26 A Book That Fills a Scholarly Need

3:11 The Book as a Critical Intellectual Gratitude

4:12 Mohammed First University in Oujda

6:08 From Cultural Studies to Political Theory

7:09 A Focus on the Middle East and North Africa

9:15 Defining Moroccan Thought

12:21 Geography & Time of Contemporary Moroccan Thought

16:06 The Beginning of the Movement

19:02 Thinking From the Edge

24:30 Examples of Thinkers and Their Concerns

28:04 Influential Thinkers: Al-Jabri and the Critique of Arab Reason

30:11 Influential Thinkers: Abdallah Laroui, the Liberal Marxist Historian

32:19 Is There an Arab World?

33:32 Influential Thinkers: Taha Abdurrahman and Islamic Moral Philosophy

37:14 Influential Thinkers: Fatima Mernissi and Islamic Feminism

38:17 Influential Thinkers: Abdelkebir Khatibi and Pluralization

39:31 Influential Thinkers: Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi and Personalism

42:15 Influential Thinkers: Abdessalam Yassine and Non-Violent Change

45:17 Influential Thinkers: AbdelFattah Kilito and Bilingualism

47:11 Dream Dinner With Moroccan Thinkers

48:35 Recommended Reading and Scholars

52:20 Contributions of the Rabat School

Mohammed Hashas [“ḥaṣḥāṣ” حصحاص] is a scholar of Islam, contemporary Islamic and Moroccan thought, and Islam in Europe. He holds a PhD from Luiss University of Rome, where he teaches, and is the author of "The Idea of European Islam" (Routledge, 2019) and "Intercultural Geopoetics" (Cambridge Scholars, 2017). He has edited or co-edited four volumes, including "Pluralism in Islamic Contexts" (Springer, 2021) and "Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm" (Brill, 2020). Currently a Research Fellow affiliated with Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin, he has previously held fellowships in Oxford, Copenhagen, Berlin, Tilburg, Palermo, and Virginia. His work focuses on contemporary Arab-Islamic philosophy and theology, European Islam, and Moroccan thought, and he has edited the first comprehensive volume on Contemporary Moroccan Thought.
 

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