2013 2013-05-01 10.17192/meta.2013.1.1034 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2013-36-10347 keine Angabe Mohammed Arkoun: An Intellectual in Revolt Mohammed Arkoun was born on February 1, 1928, in Taurirt Mimun in Great Kabylia, Algeria. He passed away on September 14, 2010, in Paris, and was laid to rest three days later in Casablanca, Morocco. He studied Islamic literature at the University of Algiers (1950-1954). After leaving Algeria on the eve of the War of Independence, he continued to study Arabic and literature at the Sorbonne, where he graduated with an aggrégation in 1956. It took another 12 years and getting through a number of conflicts before he established himself academically with his dissertation on Ibn Miskawayh in 1968. In 1971, he was brought to the University of Vincennes (Paris VIII) as a professor for the Islamic history of ideas, and he eventually went back to the Sorbonne as a professor. In 1980, he switched to the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), becoming director of the department of Arabic and Islamic history of ideas, and editor of Arabica. The chairs he held indicate his major field of interest: a critical reading of Islamic thought and the consequences this has for new approaches to Islam, and simultaneously to the Qur‘an. His approach challenged and still challenges orthodoxy for going beyond the borders established and defended by such—needless to emphasize that this includes orthodoxy produced by and within Islamic studies, as well. Since 1993 until his death, he was professor emeritus and visiting professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. Numerous decorations and awards honored his life’s work. Maghreb Rethinking Islam Unthinkable Deconstruction Orthodoxy Mediterranean Area Islamic Thought Unthought Qur’an Philosophical Perspective Dogmatic Closure

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https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2013.1.1034 Maghreb English Rethinking Islam Mohammed Arkoun was born on February 1, 1928, in Taurirt Mimun in Great Kabylia, Algeria. He passed away on September 14, 2010, in Paris, and was laid to rest three days later in Casablanca, Morocco. He studied Islamic literature at the University of Algiers (1950-1954). After leaving Algeria on the eve of the War of Independence, he continued to study Arabic and literature at the Sorbonne, where he graduated with an aggrégation in 1956. It took another 12 years and getting through a number of conflicts before he established himself academically with his dissertation on Ibn Miskawayh in 1968. In 1971, he was brought to the University of Vincennes (Paris VIII) as a professor for the Islamic history of ideas, and he eventually went back to the Sorbonne as a professor. In 1980, he switched to the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), becoming director of the department of Arabic and Islamic history of ideas, and editor of Arabica. The chairs he held indicate his major field of interest: a critical reading of Islamic thought and the consequences this has for new approaches to Islam, and simultaneously to the Qur‘an. His approach challenged and still challenges orthodoxy for going beyond the borders established and defended by such—needless to emphasize that this includes orthodoxy produced by and within Islamic studies, as well. Since 1993 until his death, he was professor emeritus and visiting professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. Numerous decorations and awards honored his life’s work. 2013-05-01 article Unthinkable Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg 2013-05-01 application/pdf Deconstruction https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2013/36/1034/1034.png Mohammed Arkoun: An Intellectual in Revolt 2018-01-31 Orthodoxy urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2013-36-10347 Mediterranean Area Islamic Thought Unthought Qur’an Philosophical Perspective Ursula Günther Günther, Ursula Dogmatic Closure 2013 PeriodicalPart 2013 Vol 1 (2013) application/pdf 1 The Intellectual 2013-05-01 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2013/36/cover.png https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2013.1.36 2196-629X 2013 Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) Middle East - Topics + Arguments Periodical General history of Asia; Middle East https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/cover.png Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg 2714728-9 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-00030 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2013-368

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