Mohammed Arkoun and using post structuralism in critic of Islamic intellect
Subject Areas : Epistemological researchesحامد علی اکبرزاده 1 * , مصطفی سلطانی 2
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Mohammed Arkoun is one of foremost scholars in the Muslim World. His efforts to liberate Islamic history from dogmatic constructs have led him to a radical interpretation of traditional history. He is looking for a new approach to Islamic thought .Critique of Islamic Reason is Arkoun project He criticizes the Salafiism (fundamentalism), Orientalist and philological approaches. He has applied post-structuralist method and has been influenced by the modern French philosophers such as Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. Arkoun has opposed dogmatism and Mythical – orthodoxy attitude in Islam by using archaeology and deconstruction. At this paper, we have explained and analyzed that how Arkoun has applied post structuralism in critique of Islamic intellect.