العقل المعطّل: العرب والنهضة الغائبة

This book takes us on a bold research journey into the problem of disrupting the mind in the Arab world, and its relationship to the faltering of the Renaissance project. Through a deep analysis and in a sober intellectual style, the author discusses the reasons for the absence of critical and creative thinking and how this affected the present and future of the Arabs, wondering about the fate of societies that exclude reason in favor of the inherited or the prevailing. Relying on a philosophical and social vision, the book reveals the roots of the imbalance in the Arab intellectual system, and raises fundamental questions about the possibility of restoring the status of reason and its role in building an advanced and effective society. - ## Intellectual axes: - Criticizing the intellectual legacies and customs that have shackled the Arab mind and made it a prisoner of fixed convictions that reject development. - Analysis of the reasons that led to the blockage of the horizon of Arab enlightenment and the failure of previous renaissance attempts. - Calling to liberate the mind from the constant “dilemma” that has made it unable to keep pace with modern global transformations. - ## Writer’s style Muhannad Fandi Sorour is known for his interest in criticizing the Arab mind (he has previous books such as _“Arab Trouble - Sustainable Crises of the Mind”_), and he is distinguished by an analytical style that links history, sociology, and politics to understand the current cognitive deficit.