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Ms. Mahitab Montasser, FEPS TA at Osnabruck Germany Prof. Dr. Mohamed Soffar writes:

Master’s Program writes Establishing Political Science:
German Notes

Between The Lion and The Rabbit

In the summer of 2017, I have flown to Germany to get my MA after graduating directly Translation : Maries Adel abstract principles - in the form of a bird, an animal or a human being -
from the Department of Political Science - Cairo University. Actually, I had a great makes the lessons of science more accessible, enjoyable and less difficult

amount of enthusiasm and passion but were encapsulated with some feelings of fear of For so long, those who deduced the cultural and historical centrality of the for the learner. The theme of the book is the study of politics from
failure, especially because I did not know anything about the German language, which I West, have overwhelmed us with the theory of the Greek miracle; Greece was two aspects, as reflected by the book sections, the first aspect

discovered later that this language has the ability to expand your imagination and provide a beautiful flower in the barren desert of history. Greece has cherished the is the area of politics, and it is in turn divided into internal policy;
the mind and soul with various vocabularies that make it easier for you to explain what you fruits of its poets and philosophers amidst the wilderness of poverty that process of interaction between the center of power and the parties

feel in a brief way without losing the delicacy and tactfulness during talking to anyone pervades it; the civilization of Greece and its thought has been born out of its surrounding it under the same political unity. And foreign policy
regardless his or her intellectual background or even age and gender factor. own inspiration and returns to it , and it owes nobody a favor . This theory
focusing on the process of interaction between different political actors with
makes the West looks like a miracle at all stages of its historical
Because the program is based on the mandatory attendance of German courses intensively, development, so only non-Westerners can look for a true and false proximity no supreme authority over them; the jungle is the most descriptive adjective

the experience of stumbling and inability to communicate with the German society was the to the West, the model of higher humanity. To be fair, the Western for it. The second aspect is the instruments of political practices, it is
most difficult experience at all, similarly in the Egyptian society we find that the Arabic researchers has revealed in the last century the falsehood of this theory, and concerned with two instruments, namely the use of words or what the wise

language is the basis of communication other than the non-Arabic speaking person will highlighted the ethnic segregation it promotes, linked to the historical Aristotle call the art of rhetoric and he makes it a part of the political
feel with a severe inability to do the smallest things which are very necessary. This is conditions of the centuries the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Senior science, as well as the use of acts or what Plato call “the divinity”,

exactly what happened to me, which made me encounter experiences that I cannot imagine scientists of the rank of George Sarton and Martin Bernal revealed that the the art of legislation and devotes a special book to it, the ancients later on
before. Some of those experiences left good impressions and beautiful memories and the will translate it as “The Laws.”

other made me judge that this is inevitable to be classified as clear racism and arrogance civilization of Greece benefited from the neighboring civilizations, and those
which is unjustified. who achieved political, cultural and military supremacy in Egypt and Although the purpose of the book is to enable the ruler to exercise his role

Phoenicia and Babylon. Did not Thales, the first Greek philosopher, declare
But once I have already gained the basis of German language structure and I moved to that water is the origin of everything, because he lived in Egypt before while being aware of the origins and principles of the art of politics, as

another city where my current university and started my programme, I felt that the matters that, and the prevailing religion there believed that the world was created evidenced by the introduction and sections of the book, as we have
went calmer and less pressure. Thus, I could find new paths in order to react with the from water. shown, which enters the book in the tradition of literature of advice, but if

surrounding environment differently. Also, the German society is rich and fertile with we look closely we will observe that it tend to correct the political
numerous issues starting from people's interaction with each other and their interaction relationship through enabling the ruled to resist. So

with their city and the other German cities’ structures with all their details concerning Based on this, the search for a beginning of political science extends beyond politics is in the book, although the wise man did not reveal it bluntly
transportation, the entertainment and picnic spaces, learning and education spaces, the the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and turns to the East, according to Dr. because of his wisdom he knows the limits of his sayingsand the

housing procedure with its volatile policies, and the medical and health structure with its Muhammad Husain Heikal. In this context we have to look beyond the texts consequences of trespassing it, I say that politics is broader than the mere
complicated bureaucratic system especially for the non-Germans, passing on the major of classical philosophy ( that is, the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle ), even exercise of ruling over the ruled, but also the practice of resistance

issues which are related to the domestic policies with the connection to the German citizen though they took on an unusual form or character for us , after we broadcast against the rulers, because the practice of politics is not separated from
and its relations an age relating to the covenants of the West, its philosophies, currents, ideas
with the regional interactions at the European level and how could be
considered the correlation between the German citizen and the German state institutions and concepts . Here we find the tradition of the literature of advice or the ethics, or what Plato calls theoretical virtues. Perhaps the story of the rabbit
based accumulated functions, ending with the international issues which have a profound royal literature or mirrors of princes, which was famous in the Islamic world and lion with its metaphors reveals this clearly.

impact on the German society, the most important current issue is Syrian refugees and as one of the traditions of studying the phenomenon of power in the vicinity
has the German society considered the Syrian society, which reflected
asylum and how of juridical politics and civil philosophy. If we follow this tradition in its It is said that the Lion was very brutal and does not hand over animals from
changes and fluctuations that left the impressions of hope and optimism in some cases but infancy, it will lead us to the text of “The Five Books”, which was written his harm; he was executing the animals in bulk, without any purpose or
sooner those impressions changed into the impression of terror and deception on both between 100 BC and 500 BC in ancient India. mercy. Thus, the lion symbolizes in the story the very tyrannical and
sides, whether German society with its all backgrounds, or similarly with Syrian This book starts with an acknowledgmentthat reveals the purpose of its authoritative ruler who abhors the oppression and abuse of his subjects, and
counterpart which brought out the background of war and destruction. Also, it reflects authorship. The book is dedicated to three characters that we do not know, but does so according to purpose and lust, as Ibn Khaldun says. As this ruler has

storytelling that is able to easily change your vision of life in a remarkable and recognized it is clear from the description of the book that they have written books in
manner. regarding the curriculum and student life, there was a fear of stumbling from the political science, and to those the book grants "the most sincere signs of subjugated the governed, all they can do is to remind the lion with the

curriculum and the program's content. But latterly I discovered that there are intersections doomsday, the judgment and the sins that will deny him from eternal

between what I studied in the Department of Political Science in Cairo university and my sincerity and reverence." The introduction to the book shows us the blessings;this reflects the submissiveness and helplessness of doing anything
current program at Osnabrück University. these common areas could be described to be circumstances surrounding its writing, which make it easier for us to reveal against the lion. But more than that they subjected themselves to the lion
somehow solid and strong, but not as the degree of cognitive depth that I sometimes the subject and purpose of the book. The introduction begins with a very and despotism, where they distributed the cost of tyranny over
experienced because of the differences of research interests, levels of analysis, adopted critical paradox; there is the Indian king, whose power is so immense that his everyone, that they were worshiping themselves to the tyrant. They agreed

concepts and theories, adopted methodologies, and contemporary issues that preoccupy feet are illuminated by the rays of jewelry in the crowns of the kings who with each other that each tribe, respectively, would send one of its members
German society in particular and other European societies generally. The department at the kneel down to him. He was not only the king who held the power of the each day to be served as a meal to the lion, and that individual, the victim,

Osnabrück University is determined by the term of social and human sciences. Within it, country, but also the wise man of all arts, chiefly the art of ruling. It is as if would go with his feet to his death. Do you see a greater humiliation than
you can find the branch of political science, which in turn is not divided into the common we are talking about the king – thephilosopher king- whom Plato made “the this in the face of tyrannical authority? As a result of this humiliating

divisions in our Arab societies, rather it is divided according to what is witnessed and divine”, as the ancients called him, at the head of the ideal regime of the submission, the lion acknowledged them for the humiliation they committed
required by the society to examine and study both on the local and international level. republic. However, this king is subjected to the tribulation that always afflicts themselves to.

That’s why the content of the programmes is in dynamic status and profound change, but those great kings. He has three children, they are idiots and they know In this context, the rabbit appears on the political scene, as the victim whose
of course there are some fixed aspects that are considered to be the fundamentals of nothing, as their father describes them, and they are completely ignorant of turn has come, and the rabbit is the objective opposite of the

political science. the principles of political science. lion, symbolizing cowardice, weakness and sedition. The gap is wide

In general, the cognitive content tends to focus on small, articular issues and after the between him and the lion, and the imbalance of power between them is
student has studied the broad Macro pathways in the first semester which it could be This paradox puts the King and the entire Kingdom in the face of a very enormous. Which is intended because the rabbit has refused to be led to die

numerated briefly as following: political theory and civil society, introductions on research serious problem. The succession of his rule to these princes only means the and go by himself to the clutches of death, the rabbit highlighted the
methodology in political sciences, introductions on international relations, economic loss of his power, the collapse of his kingdom and the distortion of his legacy trick, which is the basis of governance and its outcome, as it enables its

sociology, political economy, and criminology in relation to the complexities of societies, to future generations. The problem is not confined to the king alone, but owner to overcome his disability, no matter how weak. The rabbit has
contemporary issues in comparative political systems, comparative policy analysis and includes his entourage, in the language of the Royal literature, where their decided that it will kill the lion by the trick, so only wisdom can bridge the

good governance, civil society from comparative perspectives, theories of democracies and political interests and social status and material wealth and property coincided wide gap between the two extremes in the political equation and restore the
Transitional junctures studies, and the European Union from legal and comparative with the continuation of the regime of the king after his death, he proposed balance of power between them. Even worse, it will enable the weakest of

legislative and analytical perspectives. After that the specialized studies with tiny issues the issue to his ministers who agreed that only the old wise man can save the the neck of the strongest. Thus, the weak rabbit walked slowly to arrive late
and intensive analysis issues sphere come into the consideration. I can summarize as far as situation. He is able in his wisdom to teach the foolish princes the principles for the time of the lion's meal, thus making an occasion to provoke the lion’s

possible some of them as following: Contemporary societal issues between climate change anger and vexation. When the lion asked him why he was late, he spawned
and conflicts, social welfare and sustainability, gender studies from the sociological of power and the origins of governance in a short time. So the purpose of the his trap. He mentioned that he had met another lion who did not recognize

perspective, poverty and scarcity in Germany, The professional market and occupation book as it will be clear is to teach the principles of political science to the the tyrannical power of the lion and despised him by calling him the
from the perspective of political economy, digitization and the future of work in ignorant that is Political Science for Dummies; also called novice books thief. The rabbit has said all what he wish through the imaginary lion's

contemporary societies, energy policies, asylum policies in Germany, migration and the nowadays. The purpose of the book was not theoretical education, but it was tongue, from which he has made a hypocritical enemy of the tyrant to stir
south earth, the sociology of migration, migration studies and migration research, gender for practical purposes. This issue also relates to the relationship between the his strength, by aggravating his anger and provoking him, in the direction he

studies in Syrian refugee crises, emotional sociology, economics and society in Europe, king and the wise or between the prince and the educated in our contemporary wants.
city and local politics, dynamics of family relations, political thought and social language, as revealed by the dialogue between the king and the wise.

movements, violence and protest studies, comparative civil-military relations. The rabbit went a step further, through inciting the logic of authoritarianism

inherent in the mind of the lion, the rabbit told him that that lion is
Thus, the pattern of these courses tends to turn the ordinary person into a specialized The king asked the wise to do him and his children a favor; the wise man shall waiting for him and is challenging him in a battle or power
person who can discuss public issues that are easy for the German citizen to discuss, but teach the foolish children the art of ruling and in return the king will struggle in which the victor wins the rule of the jungle. As the tyrannical

with methodologies and methods that can apply the academic and scientific nature and generously reward him. The truth is that the relationship, even if it bears the logical dominate the lion’s vision and practice of power, he accepted that
come up with ideas and outputs that can solve the reality and be applied at the grassroots description of a favor, it is just by name, for as long as the wise man receives call for the battle because it is based on the same logic, which is that the rule

level. That's what I felt with my third semester. However, at some stages, it was easy to a reward for his knowledge, the two sides become equal; no favor, no of the people of the forest for this who wins. After the rabbit manipulated
find cognitive blanks about non-European perspectives and the lack of regions studies such service. The wise man was aware of this, and because he wanted the favor to

as Arab region, African, Asian and Latin region, but perhaps the focus attention on the be a real one, he refused to take anything in return, and thus has the upper the lion psychologically and intellectually, he had to direct his movement to
issues and concerns of the German and European society is attributed to cope with the hand. And even more, he put himself in scientific and drive him to death and get rid of him. He led the lion to the imaginary

current issues to be answered and examined Scientifically and academically.regarding the educational challenge; he called it the challenge of the ingenuity of enemy, and actually made him move towards a deep pure well.
professors and teaching staff, they have largely reflected a satisfactory degree of flexibility thinking. Within six months, the ignorant princes will become "experts in the As the tyrannical lion was a licentious ignorant, he did not know anything

and accept different views and perspectives despite their clear focus on European art of administration," otherwise the king will punish him by denying him about the mirror and reflectivity, when he saw his image on the surface of
perspectives, but this does not prevent them from understanding and revealing their access to the court or deportation. The wise man has turned the equation and the water, and certainly was sullen and motivated to fight, soon he jumped

passion to know how the other thinks and because of the nature of the whole program made the relationship between him and the power unequal in his favor; on the reflection in the water or the enemy he thought is challenging
which gathers among students from different geographical cultural background whether he will not receive a reward, but he is testing himself. him. He died.
from Africa, Latin America, the Arab region, the Asian world and others. This story refers to the ability of wisdom to deal with imbalances in the
The educational form of the book, which will facilitate the achievement of its balance of power; facing the rule with resistance , making the establishment
To sum up, I find that experience, which has not yet been completed, and I hope that it will purpose, is that the teachings or principles of political science will be of political science, that the book wanted to establish on practical terms,
end with writing my dissertations, presented and will provide me with many new ideas and presented on the tongue of birds and animals. The personification of done by the weak rabbit in the face of tyrant lion.
people with good hearts and souls. I was also exposed to situations through which I have
found my stake and support, which I did not expect but came from God to make me able to To be continued…
finish what I started.

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