Lorella Ventura
Biographic Data
| ID | 3815720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorella Ventura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorella |
| FAMILY NAME | Ventura |
| SIGNATURE | VENTURA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0639-2354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Earth
The ‘Oriental’ Character of Islamic Philosophy in Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy
In his Lectures on the History of Philosophy , Hegel characterizes Arabic/Islamic philosophy as ‘Oriental’. The meaning and motivation of this characterization are not obvious. In this paper, I address his treatment and outline the key ideas that lead Hegel to describe Islamic philosophy as ‘Oriental’. By highlighting similarities and differences in relation to Oriental philosophy, I shed light on Hegel's approach to Islamic philosophy, which is …
Hegel in the Arab World
Thank God We Are in Syria!’ Modernization, Interfaith Relations and Women’s Rights in Syria Before the ‘Arab Spring’ (2000–2010)
The status of women is generally considered a measure of ‘modernity’ and it has often been exploited by the West to highlight the ‘backwardness’ of non-Western countries and to justify colonialism and ‘civilization’ endeavours. The question of women’s rights and its connection to ‘modernity’, however, is not simple. This article considers the example of Syria immediately before the revolts of 2011, and highlights that the government’s approach to…
The “Arab Spring” and Orientalist Stereotypes
The recent protests and revolts in many Arab countries have been generally interpreted in the West as one popular and democratic “Arab” movement against tyranny, which as such has been called the “Arab Spring” or “Arab Revolution” and has been supported, in some cases, by military intervention. It can be shown, however, that this interpretation is a striking example of the persistence of “Orientalism” (according to Edward Said’s definition). It i…
History, Religion and Progress
The Syrian Protestant College in Beirut is commonly considered very important to the transmission of western ideas in nineteenth-century Syria. What has not been sufficiently investigated until now is the nature of those ideas, which are generally defined as ‘liberal’ and ‘modern’ without further specification. This article investigates the American missionaries’ main ideas concerning history, progress and religion, or, more generally, their conc…
History, Religion and Progress
The Syrian Protestant College in Beirut is commonly considered very important to the transmission of western ideas in nineteenth-century Syria. What has not been sufficiently investigated until now is the nature of those ideas, which are generally defined as ‘liberal’ and ‘modern’ without further specification. This article investigates the American missionaries’ main ideas concerning history, progress and religion, or, more generally, their conc…
Thank God We Are in Syria!’ Modernization, Interfaith Relations and Women’s Rights in Syria Before the ‘Arab Spring’ (2000–2010)
The status of women is generally considered a measure of ‘modernity’ and it has often been exploited by the West to highlight the ‘backwardness’ of non-Western countries and to justify colonialism and ‘civilization’ endeavours. The question of women’s rights and its connection to ‘modernity’, however, is not simple. This article considers the example of Syria immediately before the revolts of 2011, and highlights that the government’s approach to…
History, Religion and Progress
The Syrian Protestant College in Beirut is commonly considered very important to the transmission of western ideas in nineteenth-century Syria. What has not been sufficiently investigated until now is the nature of those ideas, which are generally defined as ‘liberal’ and ‘modern’ without further specification. This article investigates the American missionaries’ main ideas concerning history, progress and religion, or, more generally, their conc…
The “Arab Spring” and Orientalist Stereotypes
The recent protests and revolts in many Arab countries have been generally interpreted in the West as one popular and democratic “Arab” movement against tyranny, which as such has been called the “Arab Spring” or “Arab Revolution” and has been supported, in some cases, by military intervention. It can be shown, however, that this interpretation is a striking example of the persistence of “Orientalism” (according to Edward Said’s definition). It i…
Hegel in the Arab World
Thank God We Are in Syria!’ Modernization, Interfaith Relations and Women’s Rights in Syria Before the ‘Arab Spring’ (2000–2010)
The status of women is generally considered a measure of ‘modernity’ and it has often been exploited by the West to highlight the ‘backwardness’ of non-Western countries and to justify colonialism and ‘civilization’ endeavours. The question of women’s rights and its connection to ‘modernity’, however, is not simple. This article considers the example of Syria immediately before the revolts of 2011, and highlights that the government’s approach to…
The ‘Oriental’ Character of Islamic Philosophy in Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy
In his Lectures on the History of Philosophy , Hegel characterizes Arabic/Islamic philosophy as ‘Oriental’. The meaning and motivation of this characterization are not obvious. In this paper, I address his treatment and outline the key ideas that lead Hegel to describe Islamic philosophy as ‘Oriental’. By highlighting similarities and differences in relation to Oriental philosophy, I shed light on Hegel's approach to Islamic philosophy, which is …
Beyond Earth
Hegelianism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Islam (2 works)