Inverted Occidentalism: A critical analysis of the Hasan Hanafīs Occidentalism

Occidentalism is one of the contemporary important realms of study which deals with historical studies, the study of the essential nature and the predestination of the Occidental civilization. Hasan Hanafī, a well-known contemporary intellectual of Egypt, claims to be the founder of a new science named "Occidentalism" that is immune to the calamities of inversed Occidentalism.The study of his book, in this respect, shows that the collection of his studies of Occidentalism are based upon three subjects “the emergence of the European Renaissance”, “the structure of the European Renaissance” and “the predestination of the European Renaissance” which lack the study of the history of the schools of Occidental philosophy, their historical roots and the present Occidental Renaissance through which he has not invented a new factor in regard to the study of Occidentalism, however he has, himself, been the victim of an inverted study of Occidentalism, in addition he has not only studied the Occident from his own view, but also he has observed himself in the Occidental doctrine.He, repeatedly, stated about taking as exemplary the models of the changes and the modernity of the Occident for religion renovation in his different works, and then, he has, himself, quoted these methods to give significance to the Islāmic patrimony. In fact, all of this shows the inversion of his study of Occidentalism.