الحداثة المتخيلة والرهان على السلطة المثقف كظاهرة ما بعد استعمارية، والمفكر الممارس كإمكانية تحررية. (Arabic)

Imagined Modernity and the wagers of Power: The Intellectual as a Postcolonial Phenomenon, and the Practicing Thinker as a Liberatory Possibility. (English)

This paper offers an alternative reading of the intellectual as a phenomenon that emerged in the context of fascination with colonial achievements, alongside a tendency to catch up with and be independent from it, all while being accompanied by a phenomenon based on the “worship of modernity,” which not only failed to critique it but also considered everything local as inherently backward. Since the intellectual regards their society as regressive and unworthy of being relied upon as a lever for advancement, but rather as the subject of change, they have no choice but to turn to power to present their modernist vision, ultimately becoming a part of the tools for its perpetuation and the reproduction of its domination and functionality. Based on the philosophy of “activation” and the attachment of theory to practice, this paper seeks to establish a conceptual framework for the “ practicing thinker, ” who is engaged with their community in producing change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

تقدم هذه الورقة قراءة مغايرة للمثقف، بوصفه ظاهرة نشأت في سياق الانبهار بالمنجز الاستعماري، بالتجاور مع نزعة للحاق به والاستقلال عنه وبالترافق مع ظاهرة تقوم على عبادة الحداثة»، لم تعجز عن نقدها فحسب بل عدت كل ما هو محلي متخلفا بالضرورة. ولأن المثقف يعد مجتمعه متخلفا لا يمكن الرهان عليه ليكون رافعة للنهوض، بل هو موضوع التغيير، لم يبق لديه من خيارات سوى السلطة ليعرض عليها رؤيته التحديثية، فتحوّل لاحقا إلى جزء من أدوات ديمومتها، وإعادة إنتاج تسلطها ووظيفيتها. وبالاستناد إلى فلسفة التفعيل»، والتصاق النظرية بالعمل تحاول الورقة وضع إطار مفاهيمي لـ المفكر الممارس»، المنخرط مع مجتمعه في إنتاج التغيير. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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