Hegel, the «Heroic Age» and Islam

Abstract

Now that the the ubiquitous phenomenon of so-called «international terrorism», based on Islamist jihadism, is opposed to the current global way of life and thought, it seems convenient to explore the genealogy of the controversial relationship of the West with the Islamic world through the powerful perspective —not exempt from Euro-Christian-centric ideology— of Hegelian philosophy. This may allow us to expose the judgments and prejudices that, deeply buried, underlie both worldviews, and are largely based on «religious» or rather ideological differences, which, disguised as religion, hide effective «dispositives» of power.