Arab Philosophical Trends

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Arab Philosophical Trends is written by Abdulrahman al-Salimi and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399503324 (ISBN 10) and 9781399503327 (ISBN 13).

This book studies the responses of the founders of twentieth-century Arab philosophical schools to the question of (primarily Western) modernisation in the Arab world, particularly to its relationship with Arab heritage. For some intellectuals, there are calls for a new Nahda or Renaissance, for the Arabs to modernise on their own terms within their own heritage, in various forms. Others are more interested in choosing Western modernisation and accepting the inevitable consequences of secularisation.