Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
1. From Ǧihād “until the Day of Resurrection” to Nonviolence: The Debate on War and Peace in the Mid-1960s Post-Nahḍah Arab Generation
Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
Paola Pizzi [+]
Sapienza University of Rome
Paola Pizzi is Ph. D. (2022) at Sapienza University - EPHE. After graduating in Arabic Language and Literature at ‘Ca’ Foscari’ University in Venice and in Islamic Studies at PISAI (Rome), she was lecturer of Arabic language at ‘Unint’ University (Rome) and professional translator for international news agencies and publishers. In her doctoral research, she analyses the thought of the Syrian preacher and theologian Ǧawdat Saʿīd (1931-2022) through his works.
Description
This chapter analyses three works representing different approaches to the doctrine of ǧihād adopted in the mid-1960s post-Nahḍah Arab generation. In particular, it highlights how different epistemological assumptions deeply influenced the Islamic doctrine of war and peace, while at the same time fostering the emergence of an endogenous theory of nonviolence.