Mohammed Abed al-Jabri

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

Books

• Arab-Islamic Philosophy: A Contemporary Critique. Center for Middle Eastern Studies. 1999. pp. 152 pages. ISBN 0-292-70480-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has numeric name (help); |first= missing |last= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• 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 97839800900089
• Review of German "Introduction" of "Kritik der arabischen Vernunft" (also in German)

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)[2]