Al-Jabri in Indonesia: The Critique of Arab Reason Travels to the Land Below The Winds

TY - CHAP

T1 - Al-Jabri in Indonesia

T2 - The Critique of Arab Reason Travels to the Land Below The Winds

AU - Kersten, Karel Peter Leonard Gerard

PY - 2017/10

Y1 - 2017/10

N2 - It seems rather unlikely that the writings of a Moroccan philosopher would hold much appeal to Indonesian Muslims. In spite of geographical distance and cultural differences, the ideas of Mohammed Abed al-Jabri have been taken up by both Islamic modernists and traditionalists since his work became known in Indonesia during the mid-1990s. They have been used for shaping an Islamic philosophy of education and the transformation of the notion of ahl al-sunna wa'l-jamāʿa from a doctrinal school (madhhab) into a method (manhaj) for critical discourse analysis, emancipation and empowerment. This chapter maps and traces how al-Jabri’s comprehensive critique of the Islamic heritage has influenced Indonesia’s Muslim intelligentsia, like Ahmed Baso and Amin Abdullah.

AB - It seems rather unlikely that the writings of a Moroccan philosopher would hold much appeal to Indonesian Muslims. In spite of geographical distance and cultural differences, the ideas of Mohammed Abed al-Jabri have been taken up by both Islamic modernists and traditionalists since his work became known in Indonesia during the mid-1990s. They have been used for shaping an Islamic philosophy of education and the transformation of the notion of ahl al-sunna wa'l-jamāʿa from a doctrinal school (madhhab) into a method (manhaj) for critical discourse analysis, emancipation and empowerment. This chapter maps and traces how al-Jabri’s comprehensive critique of the Islamic heritage has influenced Indonesia’s Muslim intelligentsia, like Ahmed Baso and Amin Abdullah.

KW - Islamic Studies

KW - Middle East

KW - Islam and philosophy

KW - North Africa

KW - Southeast Asia

KW - Politics

M3 - Chapter

SP - 149

EP - 169

BT - Islam, State and Modernity:

A2 - Eyadat, Zaid

A2 - Corrao, Francesca

A2 - Hashas, Mohammed

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -