Spektrum Iran

Abstract Ursula Baatz’s article investigated the possibility of intercultural relations between different countries using examples from the distant past and our contemporary times. According to the writer, Goethe is among the examples seeking an audience to speak to the East irrespective of cultural dogmatism, and that is why he wrote the West-Eastern Divan in the time of popular national patriotic poems. This valuable collection clearly aims to bring together the Western and Eastern culture.
The bilateral relation between the East and the West have led to the flourishing of human culture in many periods. But since the 19th century, especially after colonial policy and the expansion of the spirit of industrialization, there has been an unpleasant confrontation over these relations. At this point, the „other” is considered as a subordinate who does not have the talent to accept enlightenment. In such a situation, the rule of ideological thought destroys the cultural relations between nations, and unfortunately, the scope of such destructive thoughts has reached the 20th century, which continues and is renewed in various forms.

Abstract In this article, the reception of Jalāl ad-Din Mohammad Rūmī (1207-1273) by Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1831) is presented and examined. In the introduction, the main features of Hegel’s philosophy are briefly outlined, with particular emphasis on his attitude to pantheism. Then Hegel’s reception of Rūmīi is shown in his “Encyclopaedia of Philosophical Sciences”, “Lectures about Aesthetics” and “Lectures about Philosophy of Religion”. Finally, Hegel’s statement is examined, in which he claims a great deal of agreement with Rūmī.

Abstract The translation of Hafiz's Divan, which is rightly presented as a treasure trove of Iranian cultural memory, seems to be a difficult, if not impossible task. The prerequisite for a precise and comprehensive understanding of Hafiz’s poems is to enter the world of his thoughts, and recognize the tradi-tion and cultural context of his time. Joachim Wohlleben (1936-2004), the German philosopher and professor of literature at Free University of Berlin, presented a new translation of Hafiz's Divan into German in 2004. In his translation, Wohlleben endeavors to transform the poetry into prose, so that what he names a “sober translation” appears, without any priority to the form of Ghazal, in which the essence and the content of Hafiz's thoughts and ideas becomes understandable to the German audience. This article attempts to critically examine the mentioned assertion with particular em-phasis on ideas of Western thinkers such as Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, and with special regard to the rhetorical theories of ʻAbd al-Qāher al-Ğorğānī.