A berber from the mountainous region of algeria, mohammed arkoun is an internationally renowned scholar of islamic thought. Common questions, uncommon answers is a book on islamic philosophy by dr. For more than thirty years he applied academic disciplines of the west to the history and literature of the muslim world and its ancient traditions. All that problems above is what attracted the attention of the writer to examine. His mother tongue was berber, with french being his second and arabic his third language. I investigate how the three muslim intellectuals fazlur rahman d. He is also a member and a visiting lecturer at the board of directors in the islamic institute in london. Mohammed arkoun rethinking islam mohammed arkoun rethinking islam pdf pdf mohammed arkoun rethinking islam pdf download.
Mohammed arkoun 19282010 was a leading scholar of islam, teaching in france. Professor muhammad arkoun 1928 2010, an algerianfrench thinker, defends a postmodernist position, criticizes the islamic reason as well as the eurocentric modernism, using an historical anthropological methodology, and aims at founding the new science of applied islamics. Jean mouttapa, director of the spirituality department at editions albin michel, senior editor of the landmark work published with mohammed arkoun as the. In memory of professor mohammed arkoun the institute of. Pdf this paper will look at the mohammed arkouns notion of religious discourse in light of ibn arabis description of revelation as a process of. Annals of the american academy of political and social science, vol.
He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual islamic reform. In a career of more than 30 years, he had been a critic of the tensions embedded in his. Mohammed arkoun was born in 1928 in taourit mimoun in the larger kabylias of algeria, the son of a berber family. Article examines mohammed arkoun as one of the pioneers of a new muslim. Professor of the history of islamic civilization at the new sorbonne university paris iii from 1972 to. The perspective of orientalism in the contemporary arab. Muhammad arkoun, cultural bordercrosser and pioneer in critical. He spent his primary education in taourirtmimoun and his secondary education in oran. Islamic studies and new islamic readings, died in paris at age. A native of algeria, mohammed arkoun was born in 1928 in taouritmimoun, a small village in great kabylia.
The islamic scholar mohammed arkoun died on 14 september 2010 in paris. Pdf applied islamology is a mohammed arkouns thought and the critical notion of the weaknesses of islamology. This thesis engages with three modern muslims accounts of the nature of the quran and its interpretation as basis for reform schemes. In a career of more than 30 years, he was an outstanding research scholar, a searching critic of the theoretical tensions embedded in the field of islamic studies, and a courageous public intellectual, carrying the banner of an often. Arkoun has also influenced the discussion on modern approaches to islamic architecture. Hasil buah pemikiran mohammed arkoun dapat dikatakan sangat fenomenal, tulisan dalam berbagai jurnal ilmiah atau buku kumpulan tulisan bersama teman. Oct 19, 2010 mohammed arkoun, who has died aged 82, was one of the most original scholars in the field of islamic studies. The lecture had made such an impression that they were wael abu. Autobiography of mohammed arkoun mohammed arkoun was born in taourirtmimoun, a town in grande kabylie in algeria. Pdf mohammad arkoun has been credited with the much needed attention to the quranic hermeneutics. Mohammed arkoun has 60 books on goodreads with 10066 ratings.
The study concluded that although he does not deny that orientalism provided some services to the arab islamic heritage, mohammed arkoun has not only criticized orientalism, its methods, its purposes, and its functions, but exceeded to criticism and tried to offer an alternative approach based on the idea of pluralism in disciplines as in. As the editor of arabica, he broadened the journals scope, and played a significant role in shaping westernlanguage scholarship on islam. Professor mohammed arkoun was one of the most prominent and influential figures in islamic studies. After attending the village primary school, he completed secondary school at peres blancs in oran. Mohammed arkoun is a retired lecturer at the sorbonne. Pushing the limits introduction to the ideas and methods of mohammed arkoun with special regard to his interpretation of revelation written as a fulfilment of the requirements of the course. In addition to that, he is scientific director at the magazine arabica brill, leiden since 1980. In 1980, he switched to the sorbonne nouvelle paris iii, becoming director of the department of arabic and islamic history of ideas, and editor of. Trailblazer for new approaches to the study of islam.
Rethinking islam today by mohammed arkoun was originally published as an occasional paper. Mohammed arkoun has 60 books on goodreads with 10103 ratings. Tinjauan mohammad arkoun tentang bahasa arab, teks dan. Mohammed arkoun rethinking islam pdf from braudel to derrida. At the age of nine he moved with his father to a prosperous village near oran inhabited by french settlers. American academy of political and social science rethinking islam today authors. Mohammed arkoun 21,476 likes 16 talking about this. Follow mohammed arkoun and explore their bibliography from s mohammed arkoun author page. New perspectives for a jewishchristianmuslim dialogue, dalam journal of ecumenical. Mohammed arkoun was born in taourirtmimoun, a town in grande kabylie in algeria. Posts about mohammed arkoun written by am and ismailimail. Uksa served as the academic editor of this translation. Professor mohammed arkoun, a french academician of algerian origin, is emeritus professor of the history of islamic thought at the sorbonne paris iii, and visiting professor at universities in the united states, europe, and the muslim world.
He was known as an advocate of a new islamic modernism and humanism. In this book, he advocates a conception of islam as a stream of experience encompassing majorities and minorities, sunni and shia, popular mystics and erudite scholars, ancient heroes and modern critics. It now seems to me that arkoun s insistence on a new theology could have been an incentive to me to think again about the concept of tawheed, unity of god as being an econosociopolitical issue rather than a metaphysical one. He majored in philosophy in algeria and france at the university of sorbonne. Arkoun s book has been cited in a number of scholarly sources for providing a contemporary understanding of the development of islamic philosophy and its effects in the muslim world.
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