The question of openness and closeness in the Arab Islamic culture of George Tarabichi

Abstract

This research paper aims to reveal the reading of the Syrian thinker "George Tarabishi" on the open view of Arab-Islamic culture, as well as the closed view on it. This is through his focus on the psychological side of the Arab intellectual elite, which received a strong shock due to the progress of the West and the backwardness of the Arabs, as this research reveals the reasons that made a wide segment of the educated elite, especially attacking Western civilization not because the West was a colonial of the Arabs yesterday, but rather rejects the West because it Holder of civilization and here lies the danger; Because this reflects negatively on the Arab world, which is looking for ways to progress, and the most important findings are that the Arab today in general and the intellectual in particular need a culture of recognition; To acknowledge the superiority of the other over us and to strive to develop our knowledge tools to benefit from his civilization, and this will not come unless a condition is open to all peoples and civilizations of the world and armament with a pragmatic, cognitive view that respects the other and learns from it.