%0 Journal Article
%T Razionalismo, politica e teoria della conoscenza. Un contributo alla filosofia arabo-islamica del presente
%A Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
%J Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
%D 2011
%I Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
%X Rationalism, Politics, and Theory of Knowledge. A Contribution to Contemporary Arab-Islamic Philosophy - The present text is a significant excerpt from the interview released in 1981 by the Moroccan philosopher Mohamed Abed Al-Jabri in the journal al-thaquafa- al-djadida [The New Culture]. The text was later revisited by Al-Jabri himself and published in 1991 with the title li'anna al-aqlaniya darura [Why rationalism is necessary] in a book on the relationship between tradition and modernity in the Arab-Islamic culture, At-turat wa-I-hadatha [Tradition and Modernity]. The interview deals with some of the central points in the contemporary debate on the social, political and cultural renewal of the Arabic world. Al-Jabri thinks that a critical perspective on Arab-Islamic culture must be developed. He maintains that in the Arab-Islamic world there is an enormous need for philosophy ¨C discussion and rational argumentation ¨C and for rationalism. Rationalism would contribute, among other things, to freeing politics and science from the chains of dogmatism, religion and tradition.
%K Arab-Islamic Culture
%K Rationalism
%K Dogmatism
%K Religion
%K Politics
%U http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2011.0024