What is »justice« from the perspective of contemporary Arabo-Islamic philosophy? Kaouther Karoui takes a transcultural approach, open to different philosophical traditions, and seeks to decenter Western notions of normativity. She focuses on two thinkers, namely the feminist Fatima Mernissi (d.2015) and Mohammed Arkoun (d.2010), a well-known critic of hegemony and orthodoxy. She situates their thinking within current debates among Arab thinkers and brings their ideas into dialog with Western political philosophy. This study thus challenges stereotypes about the Arab-Islamic world by discussing postcolonial theories of gender justice, political freedom, and religion.
2.1 The concept of secular humanism: The necessity of emancipating Islamic thought from religious and nationalist conceptionsSeiten 45 - 56 Download Kapitel (PDF)
2.2 The concept of justice in the modern era: The entanglement of descriptive and normative claims of justice theoriesSeiten 56 - 76 Download Kapitel (PDF)
2.3 The rereading of ninth-century early Arabo-Islamic thought: The theorization of notions of justice through Mernissi’s transcultural and humanistic approachesSeiten 77 - 96 Download Kapitel (PDF)
2.4 Transdisciplinary approaches to establish gender justice within the framework of Islamic feminismSeiten 96 - 138 Download Kapitel (PDF)
2.5 The relevance of Mernissi’s feminist thought for a transcultural approach to feminismSeiten 138 - 151 Download Kapitel (PDF)
3.1 Mohammed Arkoun’s rereading of the Islamic thought of Miskawayh (d. 1030): A multifaceted concept of justiceSeiten 165 - 189 Download Kapitel (PDF)
3.2 The method of applied Islamology: A transcultural and transdisciplinary key for the renewal of Islamic studiesSeiten 189 - 221 Download Kapitel (PDF)
3.3 Toward an emancipation from hegemonic constructions: The critique of orthodoxy, Arab nationalism, and Euro-modernismSeiten 222 - 241 Download Kapitel (PDF)
3.4 The concept of emerging reason: A key for a democratic and cosmopolitan projectSeiten 241 - 253 Download Kapitel (PDF)
