Woman Between Islam and Western Society
12. Conclusion
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12. CONCLUSION
If it were put to a writer that he could the better
serve humanity by stepping out of his study and
jumping into the boxing ring, he would surely
retort that there is more to solving the problems of
the world than just punching people on the nose.
He would, indeed, point out that the intellectual can
best operate in his own chosen sphere, and that it is
not physical brashness which counts in this “life,
but the sharpening of awareness.
Imagine a reversal of the social structure which
entailed a surgeon working in a butcher’s shop, a
teacher sitting on the roadside selling vegetables, or
a microbiologist digging ditches. In each case, the
change of workplace and role would render useless
and irrelevant the innate and acquired skills, the
knowledge and the moral excellence of these highly
qualified, highly experienced professionals. Their
competence and effectiveness would, moreover, be
eroded by the sense of frustration and
disorientation engendered by surroundings which
clearly degraded them.
