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صادق جلال العظم

December 12, 2016

صادق جلال العظم في صورة له في جامعة كاليفورنيا عام 2006

ولد صادق جلال العظم في دمشق سنة 1934، درس الفلسفة في الجامعة الأميركية، وتابع تعليمه في جامعة ييل الأمريكية. عمل العظم أستاذاً جامعياً في الولايات المتحدة، ودرّس في الجامعة الامريكية في بيروت وجامعة دمشق والجامعة الأردنية، وعمل رئيس تحرير مجلة الدراسات العربية التي تصدر في بيروت. عاد إلى دمشق ليدرّس في جامعتها، ثم انتقل إلى الخارج مجدداً ليعمل أستاذاً في جامعات في الولايات المتحدة وألمانيا.

كتب في الفلسفة والمجتمع والفكر العربي المعاصر إضافة إلى مساهمات في حقل الأدب، وترأس رابطة الكتاب السوريين التي تأسست عام 2012 في إثر انطلاقة الثورة السورية.

من أعماله:
نقد الفكر الديني (1969)
الاستشراق والاستشراق معكوساً (1981)
ما بعد ذهنية التحريم (1992)
دفاعا عن المادية والتاريخ
في الحب والحب العذري.

كتبه مترجمة إلى لغات وله في الإنكليزية كتب منها:

1967 Kant’s Theory of TimeNew York, Philosophical Library.
1972 The Origins of Kant’s Arguments in the AntinomiesOxford, Clarendon/Oxford University Press.
1980 Four Philosophical EssaysDamascus, Damascus University Publications.
1992 The Mental Taboo: Salman Rushdie and the Truth Within Literature.London, Riad El-Rayess Books.
2004 Islam und säkularer Humanismus(Islam and Secular Humanism), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005 ISBN 3-16-148527-0
2011 Self-Criticism After the Defeat.Saqi Books. London.[5]
2013 Secularism, Fundamentalism, and the Struggle for the Meaning of Islam. (Collected essays in 3 volumes) – Vol. 1: On Fundamentalisms; Vol. 2: Islam – Submission and Disobedience; Vol. 3: Is Islam Secularizable? Challenging Political and Religious Taboos. Gerlach Press, Berlin 2013–2014, ISBN 978-3-940924-20-9
2014 Critique of Religious Thought. First English Translation of naqd al-fikr ad-dini with a New Introduction by the Author. Gerlach Press, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-940924-44-5

ومقالات ودراسات

1967 “Whitehead’s Notions of Order and Freedom.” The Personalist: International Review of Philosophy, Theology and Literature.University of Southern California. 48:4, 579-591.
1968 “Absolute Space and Kant’s First Antinomy of Pure Reason.” Kant-StudienUniversity of Koln, 2:151-164.
1968 “Kant’s Conception of the Noumenon.” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical ReviewQueen’s University, 6:4, 516-520.
1973 “The Palestinian Resistance Movement Reconsidered.” The Arabs Today: Alternatives for TomorrowColumbus, Ohio: Forum Associates Inc., 121-135.
1981 “Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse.” Khamsin8: 5-26. Reprinted in Alexander Lyon Macfie, Ed. Orientalism: A ReaderNew York: New York University Press, 2000. 217-238.”[6] See Reference 1 for full article link.
1988 “Palestinian Zionism.” Die Welt Des IslamsLeiden, 28: 90-98.[7]
1991 “The Importance of Being Earnest About Salman Rushdie.” Die Welt Des Islams31:1, 1-49. Reprinted in D.M.Fletcher, Ed. Reading Rushdie: Perspectives on the Fiction of Salman Rushdie Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi, 1994.[8]
1993/1994 “Islamic Fundamentalism Reconsidered: A Critical Outline of Problems, Ideas and Approaches.” South Asia Bulletin, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle EastPart 1:13:93-121 [9] Part 2: 14:73-98 [10]
1994 “Is the Fatwaa Fatwa?” In For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech Anouar Abdallah, et al. New York: George Braziller.[11]
1996 “Is Islam Secularizable?” Jahrbuch fur Philosophie des Forschungsinstituts fur Philosophie.”
2000 “The Satanic Verses Post Festum:The Global, The Local, The Literary.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East20:1&2.[12]
2000 “The View from Damascus” New York Review of BooksJune 15.[13]
2000 “The View from Damascus, cont’d.” New York Review of BooksAugust 10.[14]
2002 “Western Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective.” in Western Historical Thinking: An Intercultural DebateEdited Jorn Rusen. New York: Berghahn Books. [Original German 1999] [15]
2004 “Viewpoint: Islam, Terrorism and the West Today.” Die Welt Des Islams44:1, 114-128.[16]
2004 “Time Out of Joint.” Boston ReviewOctober/November [17]
2008 “Science and Religion, an Uneasy Relationship in the Judeo-Christian-Muslim Heritage.” Islam and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities.Marie-Claire Foblets, Ed. [18]
2010 “Farewell, Master of Critical Thought.” On the passing of Egyptian intellectual Nasr Abu Zayd [19]
2011 “Orientalism and Conspiracy.” In Orientalism and Conspiracy.See above, pgs. 3-28.
2011 “The Arab Spring: ‘Why Exactly at this Time?'” originally published in Arabic in Al Tariq Quarterly(Beirut) Summer 2011, English translation by Steve Miller in Reason Papers: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies 33 Fall 2011 full text.

ومقابلات كثيرة منها:

1997 “An Interview with Sadik Al-Azm.” Arab Studies Quarterly,[20]Also appeared in The June 1967 War After Three Decades. Edited by William W. Haddad, Et al. Washington, D.C., Association of Arab-American University Graduates. 1999.
1998 “Trends in Arab Thought: An Interview with Sadek Jalal al-Azm.” Journal for Palestine Studies,27:2, 68-80.[21]
2000 “Analysis: The Rise and Rise of Bashar.” BBC news report. June 21.[22]
2005 “An Arab Exit Strategy.” An Internet interview with Sadik al-Azm, Vali Nasr, Vahal Abdulrahman and Ammar Adbulhamid on Open Source Radio. November 10. [23]
2009 Portrait Sadiq Al-Azm: An Argumentative Arab Enlightener [24]
2011 Interview with Sadiq Jalal al-Azm: A New Spirit of Revolution
2013 Interview with Dr. Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm: The Syrian Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual, Al-Jumhuriyya