THE MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE AND ITS PERCEPTION IN EUROPE
THE MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE AND ITS PERCEPTION IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: The basic premise of my paper is that the dominant forms of Western scholarship, as exemplified by Orientalism and the reactions to it, have failed to understand what “the Muslim intellectual tradition” was all about and, as a result, have invariably interpreted it in the ideological context of modernity. As a result, it has been perceived as a curiosity of the past, with little or no contemporary relevance. If, however, we look at this tradition on its own terms, we can see that it represents not only a living possibility of human fulfillment, but also a method of throwing light on the wrong-headedness that characterizes the ideologies and aspirations of modern society.[...]

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