Conferences

Malek Bennabi’s Philosophy of History: from Heroic to Humanitarian Thought

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 12:41
"With some indepth insights into the history of civilizations and nations, Malek Bennabi spotted some outstanding remarks on the causes of failure of Islamic movements to attain their leadership aspirations, which explained his interest in thoughts and the patterns of thought and beliefs instead of incidents and facts. This interest emanated from the influence of people’s thoughts and beliefs about themselves, about the world, and about easing the way to the achievement of their goals and ambitions or the eventual impediment towards these ends.

The Historical and Heroic Role in the Renaissance Project

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:47
"In the first part of Malek Bennabi’s The Conditions of the Renaissance, the subject is part of the issue entitled “the role of heroes” within the multiple investigations that go into research in the logic of history in human issues in general, and what should be the Renaissance project in particular. Bennabi spoke of the tournament as an amusement and saturation of the fantasies of the owners, and efforts to aspire and satisfy the faith for eternity, and as a goal to gain glory.

The self and the other in Malek Bennabi’s Thought

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:44

Malek Bennabi did not present ready-made methods for the Arab and Islamic nation to overcome its crisis, nor did he stand with those who call for transfer without inquiry about the identity of the transferor. However, Bennabi urged in his diverse articles for the necessity of knowing the modern civilization and tried to emphasize the similarity and difference between the religious, political, economic, and cultural history of the East and the West. Consequently, he stepped forward toward rationality of the Arab ego in its relations with the western other.

Civilizational Problem or Political Crisis?: Comparative Analysis of Malek Bennabi and Syed Maududi’s Methodological Approach to Renaissance

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:41

Renaissance, both conceptually and practically, is a constructive but complex social process. In the progress and development of any civilization, the process of renaissance is profoundly important. And, in case, if any civilization or nation is devoid of that ‘intrinsic capacity’ to allow the structural elements of renaissance to operate, then there is no other ‘social force’ that would resist enduring the decadence of that civilization or nation.

Logic Laws in the Civilizational Phenomena from Malek Bennabi’s Perspective

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:25
"The scientific context of the renaissance and the civilization project of Malek Bennabi is distinguished by its logic geometric foundations in the cultural approach and the rise of the nation to overcome its cultural stagnation. The paper seeks to provide a scientific confirmation on the concept that Bennabi logically examined the Qur’anic and Sunni notion in the cultural field and shed light on man, time, and place in light of the religious perspective of his identification.

The Project of the Renaissance in Malek Bennabi’s Thought and its Impact on the Algerian University Elite Between the Time of Independence and the Present Time

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:20

This study, which is theoretical-empirically oriented, aims to drill around the representations of the Algerian university elite university professors and postgraduate students (Masters and PhDs), i.e. those who are interested in his thought or who have read his writings and intellectual projects, and carried out academic studies and research, either in the form of dissertations or studies. The study attempts to answer the following questions: To what extent did the elite of Algerian universities look at the intellectual project presented by the book, The Conditions of the Renaissance?

"Malek Bennabi’s Theory of Culture: A Reading in the Dialectical Relationship Between the System of Ideas and the Conditions of Renaissance"

Submitted by Issaka Razak A… on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 14:07
"Malek Bennabi’s contribution to the construction of concepts, conceptions, and analytical tools reveals a process in dealing with culture that is very much needed in the kind of education concerned with shaping “a society’s common style from its savants to its peasants.” The present study aims at delineating the milestones of that process by uncovering the determinant elements of Bennabi’s theory of culture in accordance with the following considerations: in terms of his choices to define the concept of culture, in terms of his determining the sociological and pragmatic functions of culture,