Mohammed Abed al Jabri

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Nationality Moroccan Alma mater Mohammed V University Awards Ibn Rushd Prize Region Arab world		Name Mohammed al-Jabri Main interests Ibn Khaldun Role Critic

Born December 27, 1935 Figuig, Morocco Notable work The critique of the Arab Mind Died May 3, 2010, Casablanca, Morocco Books Formation of Arab Reason, Arab‑Islamic philosophy, Democracy - Human Rights an, Post tradisionalisme Islam, The Formation of Arab R

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Mohammed Abed Al Jabri (Arabic: محمد عابد الجابري‎‎; 27 December 1935 – 3 May 2010 Rabat) was a Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought in Mohammed V University in Rabat. He was also an expert in Arabic and Arabic literature. He is considered to have been one of the major intellectual figures in the contemporary Arab world. He is also known for his academic project "The critique of the Arab Mind". He published several influential books on the Arab philosophical tradition.

Biography

Jabri was born on 27 December 1935 in Figuig, Morocco. he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Mohammed V in 1967. He also obtained a PhD in philosophy from the same university in 1970.

Books

Arab-Islamic Philosophy: A Contemporary Critique. Center for Middle Eastern Studies. January 1999. p. 152. ISBN 0-292-70480-1.

Critique de la Raison Arabe - 3 volumes, Beyrouth, 1982.

Nous et Notre Passé (Al-Marqaz al-taqafi al-arabi). Lecture contemporaine de notre patrimoine philosophique, 1980.

La Pensée de Ibn Khaldoun: la Assabiya et l'État. Grandes lignes d'une théorie Khaldounienne de l'histoire musulmane. Paris: Édima, 1971.

Pour une Vision Progressiste de nos Difficultés Intellectuelles et Éducatives. Paris: Édima, 1977.

In English

Democracy, Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought. I. B. Tauris, 2008 (ISBN 1845117492).

The Formation of Arab Reason: Text, Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World. I. B. Tauris, 2010 (ISBN 1848850611).

In Arabic

Mas'ala al-Huwiyya: al-ʿUrūba wa-al-Islām...wa-al-Gharb (مسألة الهوية : العروبة والإسلام ... والغرب [The issue of identity: Arabism and Islam..and the West]). Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1995.

Ibn Rushd: Sīra wa-Fikr (ابن رشد: سيرة وفكر [Ibn Rushd: life and thought]). Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1998.

Awards

The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought for the year 2008 in Berlin.

References

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri Wikipedia

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