La rencontre improbable de Mohammed Abed al-Jabiri et Mohammed Arkoun : analyse comparée de la production des livres de philosophie islamique contemporaine

Abstract

This article aims to understand, through a comparative approach, the genesis of two works of contemporary Islamic philosophy: Critique of Arab Reason (first volume), published in Beirut (Lebanon) by Mohammed Abed al-Jabiri, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rabat (Morocco) (1935-2010) in 1984 and For a Critique of Islamic Reason published the same year in Paris by Mohammed Arkoun, Professor Emeritus of History of Islamic Thought at the Sorbonne University (Paris III) in France (1928-2010). By incorporating elements of historical contextualization, biographical trajectory as well as a study of contents, the comparison restores the conditions of production of these works and help to apprehend the common social dynamics which underlie them.

Keywords

• sociology of intellectuals
• Mohammed Arkoun
• Mohammed Abed al-Jabiri
• critical thoughts
• social history of ideas