English reference on Moroccan thought

In more than 800 pages, a multidisciplinary and multi-interest work on contemporary Moroccan thought is expected to be published in English by Brill, a publishing house well-established in the European academic context, under the supervision of university professor Mohamed Hashas.

The book, which is expected to be officially published in November 2024, according to what the publishing house announced, is concerned with Mohamed Aziz El Hababi, Abdallah Laroui, Mohamed Abed El Jabri, Ali Oumlil, Taha Abdel Rahman, Abdelkebir Khatibi, Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali, Allal El Fassi, Mohamed Hassan El Wazzani, Abdel Salam Yassin, Farid El Ansari, Ahmed Raissouni, Ahmed El Khamlichi, Fatima Mernissi, Asmaa El Mrabet, Mehdi El Manjra, Abdullah Hamoudi, Mohamed Bennis, Abdel Fattah Kilito, and Abdel Latif Laabi.

The new reference also sheds light on Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun through their interest in contemporary Moroccan thought, the discussion of gender in contemporary Morocco, the Qadiriyya-Boudchichiyya approach to politics between yesterday and today, sociological studies in Morocco, Moroccan Jewish leftists and the struggle for democracy, cultural magazines during the “Years of Lead,” and the reform of modernity in contemporary Moroccan philosophical thought.

This reference, co-authored by academics from many parts of the world, including Moroccans, traces the cultural and academic dynamics in Morocco since the 1950s, through philosophical projects and philosophical thought, religious projects and religious thought and Sufism, and projects of the humanities and cultural studies.

This new reference is expected to be presented in European capitals, including Rome, Italy, and Berlin, Germany, according to its supervisor, Mohammed Hashas, ​​who said that this work “reviews contemporary Moroccan thought” through “a multidisciplinary survey that traces the rich debate in philosophy, religious, societal, political, and cultural thought.”

Among the things that the introduction to this reference issued by “Dar Brill” advocates is understanding this Moroccan intellectual tradition in its national context, with a call for comparative work between these visions, projects, and ideas of various orientations, readings, and effects.