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Hashas talks to Afikra Podcast on Rabat School

09/09/2025 /
Contemporary Moroccan Thought
Premiered Aug 18, 2025 🎙️ The afikra Podcast
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
 
Hosted by Mikey Muhanna
 
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Scholar of Islam, contemporary Arab and Islamic philosophy and theology, Islam in Europe, European Islamic thought, Moroccan thought, and religion and politics in the Arab World.

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