The Formation of Arab Reason Text, Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World

by al-Jabri, Mohammad Abed

• ISBN13: 9781848850613
• ISBN10: 1848850611
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Since the earliest period of Islamic history, Arab thought has been dominated by a reverence for tradition and textual analysis. In this groundbreaking work, the great contemporary Arab philosopher Mohammed Abed Al-Jabiri seeks to chart a route towards modernity via the proposition that respect for textualism and tradition are not inconsistent with rationalism and that both history and philosophy are key to the evolution of knowledge systems and ways of reasoning in Arab culture. This book has been an enormous influence within the Arab world on the Islam and modernity discourse. It is published here for the first time in English and provides a fascinating insight into the currents of contemporary Arab thought.

Author Biography

Mohammed Abed Al-Jabiri is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rabat. He is the author of many acclaimed books including The Structure of Arab Thought, Political Arab Thought and Ethical Arab Thought, which will be published in English for the first time by I.B.Tauris in 2010.

Table of Contents

* Introduction * Part One Arab Reason…..In What Sense? Primary approaches *  Reason…..culture * Arab Cultural time and the problem of progress * The époque of codification: The Authoritative referential framework for Arab Thought * Part Two Formation of the Arab reason- The intellectual and the ideological- In the Arab culture * The Bedouin: the originator of Arab 'world' * Legislation is the province of the Legislator 1 * Legislation is the province of the Legislator 2 * Religiously 'intelligible' and rationally 'non-intelligible * Resigned reason in inherited ancient tradition * Resigned reason in Arab-Islamic culture * Incorporating reason in Islam * The crisis of foundations…founding the crisis * New beginning…..however! * Conclusion: Science and politics in Arab culture * References * Index *

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