Mohammed Abed al-Jabri

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Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri (Arabic: محمد عابد الجابري‎; December 27, 1936 in Figuig, Morocco – May 3, 2010 Rabat)^[1] was a contemporary 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.^[2] He is also known for his academic project "The critique of the Arab Mind". He published several influential books on the Arab philosophical tradition.^[3]

Books

• Arab-Islamic Philosophy: A Contemporary Critique. Center for Middle Eastern Studies. January 1999. pp. 152 pages. 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.

New books in English

• Democracy, Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought. Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 2008, Edition: J. B. Tauris &Company (ISBN 1845117492).
• The Formation of Arab Reason: Text, Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World. Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 2010, Edition: J. B. Tauris &Company (ISBN 1848850611).

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 978-3-98009000-8-9
• Review of German "Introduction" of "Kritik der arabischen Vernunft" (also in German)

References

1. ^ Maroc: décès du philosophe marocain de renom Mohamed Abed Al-Jabri
2. ^ University of Texas Press
3. ^ Sonja Hegasy, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Pioneering Figure in a New Arab Enlightenment" at Qantara.de, 06-05-2010 [1]

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

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Name	Jabri, Mohammed Abed
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Date of birth	December 27, 1936
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Date of death	May 3, 2010
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