M. al-Ŷābirī, and the debate about the arabic reason

  • Hussein O. Zurghani
Keywords: Muhhammad &#8219, &#256, bid al-&#374, &#257, bir&#299, , Averroes, Contemporary Arabic thought

Abstract

Muhammad ‛Ābid al-Ŷābirī (born 1935) is the most recognized contemporary Moroccan philosopher. His thesis asserting a cleavage between Western and Eastern Arabic thought has raised a wide discussion. The article analyses how al-Ŷābirī interpretates Averroes’ work The conclusive treatise on the coincidence of philosophy and revealed religion, which he has edited and fore worded with a long essay. Al-Ŷābirī insists in the cleavage inside the Islamic thought, between a Western direction in favour of reason and an Eastern in favour of mysticism. I take into consideration the various reactions to the thesis among contemporary Arab thinkers, and I express my view sustaining the continuity inherent Western and Eastern Arabic thought.

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Published
2004-01-01
How to Cite
Zurghani H. O. (2004). M. al-Ŷābirī, and the debate about the arabic reason. Anaquel de Estudios Árabes, 15, 191-206. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANQE/article/view/ANQE0404110191A
Issue
Vol. 15 (2004)
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Articles

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