The Impact Of The Western Discourse Of Modernity On The Inspiration Of The Renaissance Project Among Arab Intellectuals (Mohammed Arkoun - Adonis) As A Model

Abstract

Due to the multiple justifications for the idea of cultural and social renaissance, Arab reformist thought has promoted bold discussions that delve into issues of thought, culture and religion. Within these discussions, there have been researches and studies with a philosophical bent that shed light on a problematic issue that has attracted the attention of scholars. These studies explore the general concepts of the meaning of renaissance, social progress, questions of renewal, effects and communication, in response to the criticisms raised by critics of "postmodern" philosophy regarding the term "Enlightenment" or "modernity discourse" in the West.

However, this intellectual and historical communication has created a crisis of textual interpretation for Arab thinkers on the question of Islamic heritage. Some see the project of renewal as undermining the relationship between the heritage of the past and the achievements of the present, following the internal structures upon which the foundations of modernity in Western discourse were formed.