Mohammed Arkoun

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Mohammed Arkoun : biography

February 1, 1928 – September 14, 2010

Professor Mohammed Arkoun (Berber: Muḥemmed Arkun, ), was an Algerian scholar and thinker of Berber descent. He was born on February 1, 1928 and he died on September 14, 2010. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual Islamic reform. In a career of more than 30 years, he had been a critic of the tensions embedded in his field of study, advocating Islamic modernism, secularism, and humanism. During his academic career, he wrote his numerous books mostly in French, and occasionly in English and Arabic. He appeared on numerous occasions on French TV and magazines, on Berbère Television channel speaking in Berber, and on Aljazeera TV speaking in Arabic.

Publications

In English

  1. Arab Thought, ed. S.Chand, New Delhi 1988.
  2. Rethinking Islam : Common questions, Uncommon answers, today, Westview Press, Boulder 1994.
  3. The concept of revelation : from the people of the book to the societies of the book, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California 1988.
  4. The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought, London 2002.
  5. Islam: To Reform or to Subvert, Saqi Books, London, 2006.

Title number five is a revised edition of title number four.

In Arabic

  1. Al-Fikr al-‘arabiyy, éd.’Uwaydat, Beyrouth 1979.
  2. Al-Islâm: Asâla wa Mumârasa, Beyrouth 1986.
  3. Ta’rîkhiyyat al-fikr al-‘arabiyy al-islâmiyy, éd. Markaz al-inmâ’ al-qawmiyy, Beyrouth 1986.
  4. Al-Fikr al-islâmiyy: Qirâ’a ‘ilmiyya, éd. Markaz…, 1987.
  5. Al-islâm: al-Akhlâq wal-Siyâsa, éd. Markaz…, 1988.
  6. Al-Islâm: Naqd wa-jtihâd, éd. Dâr al-Sâqî, Beyrouth 1990.
  7. Al-‘almana wa-l-dîn, Dâr al-Sâqî 1990.
  8. Mina-l-ijtihâd ilâ naqd al-‘aql al-islâmî, Dâr al-Sâqî 1991.
  9. Min Faysal al-Tafriqa ilâ Fasl-al-Maqâl: Ayna huwa-l-Fikr al-islâmiyy al-mu‘âsir, Dâr al-Sâqî 1993.
  10. Al-Islâm, Urubbâ, wal-Gharb: Rihânât al-ma’nâ wa Irâdât al-Haymana, Dâr al-Sâqî 1995.
  11. Naz‘at al-Ansana fî-l-fikr al-‘arabiyy, Dâr al-Sâqî 1997.
  12. Qadâyâ fî Naqd al-Fikr al-dînî, Dâr al-Talî‘a, Beyrouth 1998.
  13. Al-Fikr al-usûlî wal-stihâlat al-Ta’sîl, Dâr al-Sâqî 1999.
  14. Ma‘ârik min ajli-l-ansana fî-l-siyâqât al-islâmiyya, Dâr al-sâqî, 2001.
  15. Min al-Tafsîr al-mawrûth ilâ tahlîl al-khitâb al-dînî, Dâr al-Talî‘a, Beyrouth 2001.

In French

  1. Deux Epîtres de Miskawayh, édition critique, B.E.O, Damas, 1961.
  2. Aspects de la pensée islamique classique, IPN, Paris 1963.
  3. L’humanisme arabe au 4e/10e siècle, J.Vrin, 2°éd. 1982.
  4. Traité d’Ethique, Trad., introd., notes du Tahdhîb al-akhlâq de Miskawayh, 1e éd.1969; 2e éd.1988.
  5. Essais sur la pensée islamique, 1e éd. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris 1973; 2e éd. 1984.
  6. La Pensée arabe, 1e éd. P.U.F., Paris 1975; 6e éd. 2002.
  7. L’Islam, hier, demain, by Mohammed Arkoun & Louis Gardet, 2e éd. Buchet-Chastel, Paris 1982; translation in Arabic, Beyrouth 1983.
  8. L’Islam, religion et société, éd. Cerf, Paris 1982; translated in Italia, RAI 1980.
  9. Religion et laïcité: Une approche laïque de l’Islam, L’Arbrelle, Centre Thomas More, 1989.
  10. Lectures du Coran, 1e éd. Paris 1982; 2e Aleef, Tunis 1991.
  11. Ouvertures sur l’Islam, 1e éd. J. Grancher 1989.
  12. L’Islam. Approche critique, Le livre du mois, Club du livre 2002.
  13. Pour une critique de la Raison islamique, Paris 1984.
  14. L’Islam, morale et politique, UNESCO-Desclée 1986.
  15. Combats pour l’Humanisme en contextes islamiques, Paris 2002.
  16. The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought, London 2002.
  17. De Manhattan à Bagdad: Au-delà du Bien et du Mal, Paris 2003.
  18. L´Islam et les musulmans dans le monde. Paris 1993.

In Dutch

  1. Islam in Discussie, 24 vragen over de Islam, éd. Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam 1993.
  2. Islam & De Democratie; Een ontmoeting, en collaboration avec Frits Bolkestein, Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam 1994.
  3. Plusieurs articles et interviews dans Revues et journaux néerlandais.. / Meerdere artikels en interviews in Nederlandse kranten en tijdschriften..