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This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to one of the most significant Arab thinkers of the late 20th century and the early 21st century: the Moroccan philosopher and social theorist Mohammed Abed al-Jabri. With his intellectual and political engagement, al-Jabri has influenced the development of a modern reading of the Islamic tradition in the broad Arab-Islamic world and has been, in recent years, subject to an increasing interest among Muslims and non-Muslim scholars, social activists and lay men. The contributors to this volume read al-Jabri with reference to prominent past Arab-Muslim scholars, such as Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali, al-Shatibi, and Ibn Khaldun, as well as contemporary Arab philosophers, like Hassan Hanafi, Abdellah Laroui, George Tarabishi, Taha Abderrahmane; they engage with various aspects of his intellectual project, and trace his influence in non-Arab-Islamic lands, like Indonesia, as well. His analysis of Arab thought since the 1970s as a harbinger analysis of the ongoing "Arab Spring uprising" remains relevant for today´s political challenges in the region.

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Foreword Abdou Filali-Ansari
1. Introduction. Critique and Change: al-Jabri in Contemporary Arab Thought Mohammed Hashas, Zaid Eyadat, and Francesca M. Corrao
Part I: Al Jabri´s Reconstruction of Arab-Islamic Thought
2. Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and Ibn Khaldun: A Path to Modernity Massimo Campanini
3. The Critique of Arab Reason between al-Jabri and Tarabishi Abdul Karim Barghouti, Jamal Daher, and Nadim Mseis
4. The Arab Reader by al-Jabri: The Question of Disjunction and Rejunction Kinira Monica Carbone
5. An Intellectual between the Maghreb and the Mashreq: al-Jabri and the Location of Thought Idriss Jebari
6. Al-Jabri and His Introduction to the Qur´an Mariangela Laviano
7. The International Becoming of an Arab Philosopher: An Analysis of the non-Reception of Mohammed Abed al-Jabri in Euro-American Scholarship Mohamed Amine Brahimi
8. Al-Jabri in Indonesia: Critique of Arab Reason Travels to the Lands Below the Winds Carool Kersten
Part II: Politics, Ethics, and the Future of the State in the Arab World
9. State and Religion in al-Jabri´s Political Thought Mohsine El Ahmadi
10. Dare to be Wise! On the Reception of al-Jabri Post-2011 Sonja Hegasy
11. Reflections on Education and Culture in al-Jabri´s Thought Francesca M. Corrao
12. A Critique of al-Jabri´s Arab Ethical Reason Zaid Eyadat and Hanadi Riyad
13. The Ethical Dialectic in al-Jabri´s "Critique of Arab Reason" Harald Viersen
14. The Arab Possible State: from al-Tahtawi to al-Jabri Mohammed Hashas

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"Islam, State and Modernity is a significant contribution to exploring the various aspects of al-Jabri´s thought, philosophy, and legacy for a wider readership, on topics ranging from Arab-Islamic thought to the state, politics, ethics, education, and the Qur´an phenomenon. It will prove helpful to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, ranging from Middle East Studies to Philosophy." (Tauseef Ahmad Parray, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences AJISS, Vol. 35 (3), 2018)

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