Islamic Heritage: Reading and Criticism, with Mohammed Arkoun as a Model

Abstract

The project of Mohammed Arkoun represents the new modernist method in its most prominent manifestations or as it is described by some “The Head of Modernism”( The New Modernism) ، which means ، in the same time ، the estrangement with the heritage as well as care about it and interested in it. Arkoun is considered as one of the most prominent modernists ، whose plead to review the heritage and read and perceive it in a critical way ، without exception including the religious text and the Islamic heritage . Hence ، based on that ، this research paper is going to shed light on the critical method of Mohammed Arkoun and its most important basis and mechanisms.