Averroes und die arabische Moderne

Ansätze zu einer Neubegründung des Rationalismus im Islam

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Prominent Arab intellectuals of our century, Christian, Muslim, secularist and fundamentalist, consider the disregard for the rationalism of Averroes (Ibn Rušd, 1126-1198), who once stirred Europe with his commentaries on Aristotle, to be a major reason for the decay of Islamic culture. They criticize both Islamic reform movements and mere westernization and try with Ibn Rušd's help to spread critical, rational and realistic thinking, in order to place the Arabs on a cultural par with the West.
This volume analyzes for the first time the different philosophical and historical approaches and social aims of authors like Faraḥ Anṭūn, Muḥammad ‘Ammāra, Muḥammad al-Ǧābirī, ḥasan ḥanafī and ṭayyib Tīzīnī within the framework of the Arabic reception of Ibn Rušd since the end of the 19th century.
This work was rewarded with the Ernst-Reuther-Preis for outstanding dissertations.

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Anke von Kügelgen, Ph.D. (1992) in Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
'L'auteur y a accompli un considérable travail d'inventaire et de dépouillement des parutions philosophiques de tout un siècle, et l'a accompagné d'une réflexion soutenue sur différentes oeuvres considérées...Averroes und die arabische Moderne fournit [...] une riche contribution à la connaissance de la culture arabe contemporaine, et mériterait d'être lu par des publics qui ne remarquent le plus souvent dans la pensée musulmane actuelle que ses protagonistes les plus rigides et intolérants.'
P.L., Studia Islamica, 1995.
'Merits of the book stand beyond any doubt. It deserves to be warmly recommended to whoever seeks a serious, deep insight into the Arab modern philosophical thought....a valuable contribution to a survey of the intellectual readiness existing in this field along the Southern shores of the Mediteranean.'
Archiv Orientalni, 1995.
'...la qualité de ce travail, qui a mérité d'être honoré du prix Ernst-Reuter de Berlin.'
Annabelle Böttcher, Bulletin d'Etudes Orientales, 1995.
'On doit remercier Mme von Kügelgen du tableau très complet qu'elle nous donne.'
Revue Thomiste, 1996.
All those interested in Islamic and Arabic Studies, the modern intellectual history of the Middle East, philosophy, theology, the history of religion, as well as specialists in cultural studies and sociologists.
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