Mohammed Abed Al Jabri ( ar, محمد عابد الجابري; 27 December 1935 – 3 May 2010 Rabat) was one of the most known Moroccan and Arab philosophers; he taught philosophy, Arab philosophy, and Islamic thought in

Mohammed V University Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. History The uni ...

in Rabat from the late 1960s until his retirement. He is considered one of the major philosophers and intellectual figures in the modern and contemporary Arab world. He is known for his academic project "Critique of Arab Reason", published in four volumes between the 1980s and 2000s. He published several influential books on the Arab philosophical tradition.Sonja Hegasy, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Pioneering Figure in a New Arab Enlightenment" at ''Qantara.de'', 06 May 201

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Biography

Jabri was born on 27 December 1935 in

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. he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the

University of Mohammed V Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree (Moroccan Dahir, Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. H ...

in 1967. He also obtained a PhD in philosophy from the same university in 1970.

Awards

*The

Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought (german: Ibn-Ruschd-Preis für freies Denken; ) is a prestigious prize awarded in Germany which recognises independent, forward-thinking, individuals or organisations who have contributed to democracy and ...

for the year 2008 in Berlin.

Bibliography

Arabic

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Translations

English

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French

*''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. *''Nous et Notre Passé (Al-Marqaz al-taqafi al-arabi). Lecture contemporaine de notre patrimoine philosophique'', 1980. *''Critique de la Raison Arabe'' - 3 volumes, Beyrouth, 1982.

German

* ''Kritik der arabischen Vernunft, Naqd al-'aql al-'arabi, Die Einführung'', Perlen Verlag, Berlin 2009

References

External links

Official website

* ttp://en.qantara.de/Critique-of-Arab-Reason/8171c163/index.html 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 - 201

*Nicola Missaglia, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri's New Averroism

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