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Mohammed Arkoun
Gender Male
Country of Origin Algeria
Description/Biography
Professor Mohammed Arkoun, a French academician of Algerian origin, is Emeritus Professor of the History of Islamic Thought at the Sorbonne (Paris III), and visiting professor at universities in the United States, Europe, and the Muslim world. Professor Arkoun's work and interests concentrate on classical Islam and contemporary issues of Islam facing modernity. He is associated with several European initiatives to rethink and reshape the relationship between Europe, Islam, and the Mediterranean world, and is the author of numerous publications, including L'Humanisme arabe au IVe/Xe siècle (1982), Pour une critique de la raison islamique (1984), Arab Thought (1988), and Rethinking Islam: Common Questions - Uncommon Answers (1993). Professor Arkoun served as a member of the Award Steering Committee from 1983 to 1992, and as a member of the 1995 Award Master Jury. He was decorated as an Officer of the French Legion of Honour in July 1996.

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Associated publications
Author Title Year
Arkoun, Mohammed The Aga Khan Award as a Process of Thinking 1998
Arkoun, Mohammed Architectural Alternatives in Deteriorating Societies 1992
Arkoun, Mohammed. Background Essay: Current Islam faces its Tradition 1986
Arkoun, Mohammed. Building and Meaning in the Islamic World 1983
Arkoun, Mohammed Current Islam Faces its Tradition 1989
Arkoun, Mohammed Islam, Urbanism and Human Existence Today 1980
Arkoun, Mohammed Islam, Urbanism, and Human Existence Today 1983
Arkoun, Mohammed Islamic Culture, Modernity, Architecture 1986
Arkoun, Mohammed Islamic Cultures, Developing Societies, Modern Thought 1990
Arkoun, Mohammed. The Meaning of Cultural Conservation in Muslim Societies 1990
Arkoun, Mohammed. Muslim Character; the Essential and the Changeable 1989
Arkoun, Mohammed. Point of View 1990
Arkoun, Mohammed The Socialist Village Experiment in Algeria 1982
Arkoun, Mohammed Spirituality and Architecture 1995

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