The islamic other in the consolidation of western modernity elizabeth shakman hurd it is nearly impossible to. Mohammed arkoun the aga khan award as a process of. He calls for a critical reading of 1 arkoun, mohammed. Arkoun rethinking islam today revelation islamic philosophy. Tidak ada dikotomi antara pemikiran barat dan pemikiran islam. Mohammed arkoun sulhani 101 mohammed arkoun dan kajian ulang pemikiran islam sulhani hermawan, m. A textual analysis of his writings shows that his major concern is the methodology of interpretation and that he studied the quran for the sake of methodology. The religion of islam the origins of islam introduction 1. Rethinking islam today mohammed arkoun, 2003 sage journals. Pdf the oral and the written in early islam, by gregor. Each of the books eight essays addresses some of these concerns by referring to a number of larger tensions which, mohammed arkoun asserts, remain unthought in contemporary islamic discourse topics that have been addressed, in some cases, in academic scholarship on islam, but have been relegated into the domain of the unthinkable. Your use of the jstor archive indicates your acceptance of the. The deconstruction method is one of the methods uses by arkoun in rethinking islam meuleman, 1993. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it.
A student of twentiethcentury social science in the west and an admirer of liberalism, he selfconsciously distances himself from western. Islam, democracy, and cosmopolitanism by ali mirsepassi. Mohammed arkoun 19282010 was a leading scholar of islam, teaching in france. Following philosopher immanuel kants lead, he seeks to develop a historical. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Research fellowship summer 1975, graduate school, boston university, for travel and research in the middle east. Islamic revivalism and the activities of those who are its real or perceived proponents have monopolized the discourse on islam. In a career of more than 30 years, he had been a critic. A product of islamic culture, arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the islamic establishment and militant islamist groups.
Rejecting certain western analyses of islam, such as that issued by bernard lewis in what went wrong. Rethinking islamic studies offers original perspectives for the discipline, each utilizing the tools of modern academic inquiry, to help illuminate contemporary incarnations of islam for a growing audience of those invested in a sharper understanding of the muslim world. In this course, we will explore various aspects of islamic law as seen through the eyes of one of. Arkouns 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.
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. Rethinking islam discusses a range of topics including the various ways in which islamic ideas have been interpreted over time and the perspective of developments in islamic countries from. He questions the authenticity of the qur an as well as its truth claim. Islam is still imagined as inferior to jewish and christian traditions, unchanging, and militant by the west. Mohammed arkoun islamic cultures, developing societies. Social scientists have failed to liberate islamic studies. Social scientists have failed to liberate islamic studies from pro and antiorientalism cliches. First published in english in 1965, albert memmis classic explores the psychological effects of colonialism on colonized and colonizers alike. So the need of the hour is to understand islam in its totality both by the west and the muslims themselves to seek a solution thata is not based on a zerosum outcome. Common questions, uncommon middlemarch nt pdf answers. 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. Rethinking islam by mohammed arkoun, 97808384740, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Frenchlanguage spokesman calling for a rethinking of islam in a modern mode. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Arkoun rethinking islam today free download as pdf file. The article outlines a need to study islam as an epistemological project. Although he is a product of islamic culture, mohammed arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the islamic establishment and militant islamist groups. Pdf mohammad arkouns theory of quranic hermeneutics. Interrogating the work of contemporary theorists of islamic modernity such as mohammed arkoun, abdul annaim, fatima mernissi, talal asad, saba mahmood and aziz alazmeh, this book explores the debate on islam, democracy and modernity, contextualized within contemporary muslim lifeworlds. Arkoun advocated a radical paradigm shift that would allow for the rethinking of islam as a cultural and religious system and subvert ideological and dogmatic constructs with hegemonic claims. He is the author of numerous books in french, english and arabic, including most recently. Religion, state, society, human rights, the sacred, the forbidden. Islam to reform or to subvert mohammed arkoun ebook download as pdf file.
Arkoun is one of the wellknown postmodernism muslim thinkers today. Common questions, uncommon answers is a book on islamic philosophy by dr. Hasil buah pemikiran mohammed arkoun dapat dikatakan sangat fenomenal, tulisan dalam berbagai jurnal ilmiah atau buku kumpulan tulisan bersama temantemanya yang membahas masalah bagaimana menelaah kembali pemikiran islam. He has been criticizing islamic thought and reality which, according to. The unthought in contemporary islamic thought by mohammed arkoun. Mohammed arkoun is one scholar who goes beyond these narrow margins of islamic studies by incorporating methods analyses that are not usually part of what is considered to be the standard, used methodologies in the classical islamic studies. 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. Rethinking sharia, democracy, human rights, and the position of women epilogue literature glossary reformation of islamic thought 6 83 83 83 86 89 91 93 101. He was known as an advocate of a new islamic modernism and humanism. Mohammed arkoun a berber from the mountainous region of algeria, mohammed arkoun is an internationally renowned scholar of islamic thought. Hasil buah pemikiran mohammed arkoun dapat dikatakan sangat fenomenal, tulisan dalam berbagai jurnal ilmiah atau buku kumpulan tulisan bersama temantemanya yang membahas masalah bagaimana menelaah kembali pemikiran islam dan metodemetode yang digunakanya.
Masthead text only contact about us sitemap home politics society culture dossiers dialogues slide shows to the editor links search albert memmi islam in europe please enter your search terms. 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. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This article examines mohammed arkoun as one of the pioneers of a new muslim intellectualism seeking new ways of engaging with islam by combining intimate familiarity with the islamic civilizational heritage turath and solid knowledge of recent achievements by the western academe in the humanities and social sciences. Mohammad arkoun, rethinking islam today, in mapping islamic studies. Bagi arkoun tidak ada yang dapat disebut pinggiran atau pusat, tidak ada kelompok yang terpinggirkan atau yang dominan, tidak ada kepercayaan yang dapat dikategorikan sebagai rendah maupun agung, pikiranlah yang menciptakan kebenaran. Islam diterjemahkan dengan penyerahan diri, penyerahan diri kepada tuhan atau bahkan kepasrahan. Mohammad arkoun has been credited with the much needed attention to the qur anic hermeneutics. Common questions, uncommon answers by mohammed arkoun, robert d. In this book, he advocates a conception of islam as a stream of experience. For these reasons some simple and perhaps elementary demonstrations are used in this presentation. American academy of political and social science rethinking islam today authors. Pdf on apr 1, 2010, amidu olalekan sanni and others published the oral and the written in early islam, by gregor schoeler trans. The answers of applied islamology mohammed arkoun, 2007.
The starting point of the article is the archive, characterized as a query about the future, and foucaults call for a discourse that provides a dual articulation of the history of individuals on the subconscious of culture and the historicity of the latter on individual subconsciousness. Annals of the american academy of political and social science, vol. Pdf mohammad arkoun has been credited with the much needed attention to the. Another consideration here is that the concept of god in islam is distorted in the minds of many nonmuslims who are socalled believers in god and advocates of religion. 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. Apr 25, 2017 english and arabic, including most recently. He was committed to contribute to an archaeology of the hidden, repressed, and marginalised elements of islam, in order to uncover, and set free, what he called, the exhaustive tradition of islam. Islam is still imagined as inferior to jewish and christian traditions, unchanging, and militant. This paper discusses about mohammed arkoun and his ideas about rethinking islam. A berber from the mountainous region of algeria, mohammed arkoun is an internationally renowned scholar of islamic thought. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget.
The ascent of political islam owes much to the frag ile foundations of secular politics and to the political vacuum that the shahs regime effectively created in the 1960s and 1970s. Mohammed arkoun the aga khan award as a process of thinking. Mohammed arkoun is currently emeritus professor of the history of islamic thought. The archive has not been read as such either by exponents of the islamic tradition or by modern. The unthought in contemporary islamic thought book.
This is a book for the beginning student of islam and for the general reader uneasy with media images of islam as a monolithic, anti. The first chapter, some evidence for the truth of islam, answers some important questions which some people ask. The attack on the world twin towers and the pentagon in 2001 d. Rethinking islam argues for the importance of studying the political and social contexts in which islam has developed. Rethinking islam today by mohammed arkoun 18 islamic revivalism and the activities of those who are its real or perceived proponents have monopolized the dis course on islam. Islamic law, the sacred law of islam grounded in the qurn, the practice of the prophet muammad, and the writings of muslim scholars and jurists, stretches back nearly 1500 years. This article explores how this focus has totally ignored an overwhelming majority of muslims. This is a book for the beginning student of islam and for the general reader uneasy with media images of islam as a monolithic, antiwestern, violence. Mohammed arkoun islamic culture, modernity, architecture. Apr 16, 2015 hasil buah pemikiran mohammed arkoun dapat dikatakan sangat fenomenal, tulisan dalam berbagai jurnal ilmiah atau buku kumpulan tulisan bersama temantemanya yang membahas masalah bagaimana menelaah kembali pemikiran islam dan metodemetode yang digunakanya. Lee westview press boulder wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required.
North african maps, as well as continental african maps, abound. Arkoun has also influenced the discussion on modern approaches to islamic architecture. To download the entire book entitled a brief illustrated guide to understanding islam in pdf format, rightclick on the link below, then in explorer choose save target as, and in netscape choose save link as. Please click button to get mohammed arkoun book now. These works have a tendency to concentrate on secondary issues, historical developments among the muslims themselvesor deviations from the original islam, leaving the reader ignorant of the essential spirit and teachings of islam. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual islamic reform.
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