{"id":10477,"date":"2025-11-05T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/?p=10477"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:48:42","slug":"doha-debates-explores-the-role-of-ancient-wisdom-in-todays-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/doha-debates-explores-the-role-of-ancient-wisdom-in-todays-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Doha Debates Explores the Role of Ancient Wisdom in Today\u2019s World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1k-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1k-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1k-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1k-4-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Experts and students debate whether ancient wisdom holds answers for modern societies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the world grapples with questions of meaning and moral direction, Doha Debates takes on a fundamental question: Should ancient wisdom guide today\u2019s societies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of the new flagship season, moderated by&nbsp;<strong>Dareen Abughaida<\/strong>, students from across Qatar join three global thinkers to wrestle with a timeless dilemma: whether the answers to our most pressing problems lie in tradition or in bold new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wael Hallaq<\/strong>, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, critiques what he calls the \u201cmoral emptiness\u201d of modernity and its fixation on material progress. He calls for a return to ethical foundations rooted in the divine. \u201cWe have to look to the past, which is rich in resources, and we have to develop particular methods of thinking about it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For&nbsp;<strong>Sophie Scott-Brown<\/strong>, a philosopher and historian of political thought based at the Institute of Intellectual History (St. Andrews University), the danger lies in romanticizing the past. She challenges inherited authority, urging critical awareness of how power often hides behind the language of tradition. \u201cWe need to be very careful about how much authority we give to claims that something is natural or historical,\u201d she says. \u201cWe need to be very mindful of the politics behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es<\/strong>, author of&nbsp;<em>World Builders&nbsp;<\/em>and former&nbsp;Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal, offers a pragmatic middle path. As liberal universalism gives way to a world of \u201ccivilizational modernities,\u201d he argues, nations are rediscovering their own cultural inheritance: \u201cEven if we don\u2019t want to accept the solutions or the answers that are given by past traditions or societies, we have a lot to learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate expands from questions of tradition into a broader search for meaning, as guests and students consider how humans find moral grounding\u2014whether in sacred law, cultural memory or radical freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAcross civilizations, people are searching for moral direction in an age of uncertainty,\u201d says&nbsp;<strong>Amjad Atallah<\/strong>, managing director of Doha Debates. \u201cThis debate challenges all of us to explore where we can find wisdom, meaning and purpose in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filmed in Doha Debates\u2019 Majlis-style format, the conversation reflects the organization\u2019s mission to spark open, truth-seeking conversations and reminds us that wisdom, ancient or new, is never just inherited; it is rediscovered and shaped across cultures and generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts and students debate whether ancient wisdom holds answers for modern societies As the world grapples with questions of meaning and moral direction, Doha Debates takes on a fundamental question: Should ancient wisdom guide today\u2019s societies? 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