Islam, State, and Modernity: Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World (Middle East Today) - 9781349951550

This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to one of the most significant Arab thinkers of the late 20th century and the early 21st century: the Moroccan philosopher and social theorist Mohammed Abed al-Jabri. With his intellectual and political engagement, al-Jabri has influenced the development of a modern reading of the Islamic tradition in the broad Arab-Islamic world and has been, in recent years, subject to an increasing interest among Muslims and non-Muslim scholars, social activists and lay men. The contributors to this volume read al-Jabri with reference to prominent past Arab-Muslim scholars, such as Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali, al-Shatibi, and Ibn Khaldun, as well as contemporary Arab philosophers, like Hassan Hanafi, Abdellah Laroui, George Tarabishi, Taha Abderrahmane; they engage with various aspects of his intellectual project, and trace his influence in non-Arab-Islamic lands, like Indonesia, as well. His analysis of Arab thought since the 1970s as a harbinger analysis of the ongoing ôArab Spring uprisingö remains relevant for today's political challenges in the region.

• | Author: Zaid Eyadat, Francesca M. Corrao, Mohammed Hashas
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Oct 11, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 343 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1349951552
• | ISBN-13: 9781349951550