Mohammed Abed al-Jabri
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December 27, 1935 Figuig, Morocco |
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May 3, 2010 Casablanca, Morocco |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Alma mater | University of Mohammad V |
| Notable work | The critique of the Arab Mind |
| Awards | Ibn Rushd Prize |
| Region | Arab world |
Main interests | Arab reason, Ibn Khaldun |
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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.[1] He is also known for his academic project "The critique of the Arab Mind". He published several influential books on the Arab philosophical tradition.[2]
Biography
Jabri was born on 27 December 1935 in Figuig, Morocco.[3] he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Mohammed V in 1967.[3] He also obtained a PhD in philosophy from the same university in 1970.[3]
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.
Bibliography
- Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi: Towards a Critical Arab Reason - the Contributions of Mohammed Abed al-Jabri
- Contemporary Arab Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History. London, Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2004. {ISBN 0-7453-2169-0} {ISBN 0-7453-2170-4} PP. 256–278.
- in German: Kritik der arabischen Vernunft, Naqd al-'aql al-'arabi, Die Einführung, Perlen Verlag, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-9809000-8-9
- Review of German "Introduction" of "Kritik der arabischen Vernunft" (also in German)
- Mohammed Hashas, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri: the Future of the Arab World?" Resetdoc, 27 December 2014, http://www.resetdoc.org/story/00000022474.
References
- ↑ University of Texas Press
- ↑ Sonja Hegasy, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Pioneering Figure in a New Arab Enlightenment" at Qantara.de, 06 May 2010
- 1 2 3 "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri". Ibn Rushd Organization. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Sonja Hegasy "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri: Pioneering Figure in a New Arab Enlightenment", 2010
- Sonja Hegasy "Portrait of the Philosopher Mohammed Abed al-Jabri Critique of Arab Reason", 2009
- M'hamed Hamrouch, Magress, obituary in French (published in Libération 04 - 05 - 2010)
- Nicola Missaglia, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri's New Averroism"
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