The Formation of Arab Reason
Text, Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World
Seiten
2011
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84885-061-3 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84885-061-3 (ISBN)
Charts 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 provides an insight into the currents of contemporary Arab thought.
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.
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.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.1.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Arab Scholarship in the Social Sciences |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 893 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84885-061-1 / 1848850611 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84885-061-3 / 9781848850613 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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