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 archive has not been read as such either by exponents of the islamic tradition or by modern. Mohammad arkoun has been credited with the much needed attention to the qur anic hermeneutics. 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. Mohammad arkoun, rethinking islam today, in mapping islamic studies. American academy of political and social science rethinking islam today authors. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Although he is a product of islamic culture, mohammed arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the islamic establishment and militant islamist groups. Mohammed arkoun the aga khan award as a process of. 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. 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.
Social scientists have failed to liberate islamic studies from pro and antiorientalism cliches. Mohammed arkoun islamic cultures, developing societies. Islam diterjemahkan dengan penyerahan diri, penyerahan diri kepada tuhan atau bahkan kepasrahan. North african maps, as well as continental african maps, abound. He calls for a critical reading of 1 arkoun, mohammed. Mohammed arkoun islamic culture, modernity, architecture. Pdf mohammad arkoun has been credited with the much needed attention to the. The first chapter, some evidence for the truth of islam, answers some important questions which some people ask. 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 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. 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. The attack on the world twin towers and the pentagon in 2001 d.
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. The unthought in contemporary islamic thought by mohammed arkoun. Islam is still imagined as inferior to jewish and christian traditions, unchanging, and militant. The article outlines a need to study islam as an epistemological project. Mohammed arkoun 19282010 was a leading scholar of islam, teaching in france.
Mohammed arkoun a berber from the mountainous region of algeria, mohammed arkoun is an internationally renowned scholar of islamic thought. 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. The religion of islam the origins of islam introduction 1. 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. In this course, we will explore various aspects of islamic law as seen through the eyes of one of. Common questions, uncommon answers by mohammed arkoun, robert d.
Religion, state, society, human rights, the sacred, the forbidden. 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. Common questions, uncommon answers is a book on islamic philosophy by dr. In answering these and other questions, arkoun provides an introduction to one of the worlds great religions and offers a biting, radical critique of islamology as it has been practiced in both east and west.
Arkoun has also influenced the discussion on modern approaches to islamic architecture. 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. In a career of more than 30 years, he had been a critic. Following philosopher immanuel kants lead, he seeks to develop a historical. 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. 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. 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. Rethinking islam argues for the importance of studying the political and social contexts in which islam has developed. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. In this book, he advocates a conception of islam as a stream of experience. Islamic revivalism and the activities of those who are its real or perceived proponents have monopolized the discourse on islam. Mohammed arkoun is currently emeritus professor of the history of islamic thought. The islamic other in the consolidation of western modernity elizabeth shakman hurd it is nearly impossible to. Please click button to get mohammed arkoun book now.
The unthought in contemporary islamic thought book. The deconstruction method is one of the methods uses by arkoun in rethinking islam meuleman, 1993. First published in english in 1965, albert memmis classic explores the psychological effects of colonialism on colonized and colonizers alike. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual islamic reform. Annals of the american academy of political and social science, vol. He was known as an advocate of a new islamic modernism and humanism. 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. 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. This article explores how this focus has totally ignored an overwhelming majority of muslims. For these reasons some simple and perhaps elementary demonstrations are used in this presentation.
Your use of the jstor archive indicates your acceptance of the. Pdf on apr 1, 2010, amidu olalekan sanni and others published the oral and the written in early islam, by gregor schoeler trans. 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. Arkoun is one of the wellknown postmodernism muslim thinkers today. 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. A product of islamic culture, arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the islamic establishment and militant islamist groups. Common questions, uncommon middlemarch nt pdf answers. Lee westview press boulder wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Islam, democracy, and cosmopolitanism by ali mirsepassi. Tidak ada dikotomi antara pemikiran barat dan pemikiran islam. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Islam to reform or to subvert mohammed arkoun ebook download as pdf file. 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 paper discusses about mohammed arkoun and his ideas about rethinking islam.
He questions the authenticity of the qur an as well as its truth claim. 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. 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. A student of twentiethcentury social science in the west and an admirer of liberalism, he selfconsciously distances himself from western. A berber from the mountainous region of algeria, mohammed arkoun is an internationally renowned scholar of islamic thought.
Arkoun rethinking islam today free download as pdf file. Islam is still imagined as inferior to jewish and christian traditions, unchanging, and militant by the west. 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 is the author of numerous books in french, english and arabic, including most recently. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. 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.
Rethinking islam by mohammed arkoun, 97808384740, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Arkoun rethinking islam today revelation islamic philosophy. 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. 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. 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. Social scientists have failed to liberate islamic studies. Pdf the oral and the written in early islam, by gregor.
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. Muslims need a rethinking of their faith, based on rationality and reason not on dogma, in order to create a progressive, modern islamic. 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. Apr 25, 2017 english and arabic, including most recently. 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. Mohammed arkoun sulhani 101 mohammed arkoun dan kajian ulang pemikiran islam sulhani hermawan, m. 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. Frenchlanguage spokesman calling for a rethinking of islam in a modern mode. The answers of applied islamology mohammed arkoun, 2007. He has been criticizing islamic thought and reality which, according to. Mohammed arkoun the aga khan award as a process of thinking.
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