Hegel in the Arab World: Modernity, Colonialism, and Freedom

1. Introduction

Part I. Hegel, the East and the question of "modernity"

2. Widespread views in Hegel's time

3. World history and the role of peoples

4. Hegel's view of Islam

5. The "modern" West and the non-Western world

Part II. The influence of Hegel's thought in the XIX century

6. Translations and the transmission of "modern" ideas in Muhammad Ali's Egypt

7. The foreign universities in Syria: competition among the "West"

9. Religion and reason in the view of the American missionaries in Syria

10. The presence of Hegelian elements in the thought of Josiah Strong

11. The textbooks of Syrian Protestant College and Hegel's philosophy of history

Part III. The contemporary reception

13. The direct reception of Hegel as a recent phenomenon: Syria and Lebanon

15. Conversations with Ahmad Barqawi and George Saddiqni

16. Hegel's philosophy of history and the thought of Nadrah al-Yazaji

18. The reception of Hegel in Egypt and the "Spirit of time" (Zeitgeist)

Appendix. Hegel's works translated into Arabic