This glossary fixes the key terms in Arkoun’s reading. Care in translation here is essential, because instability in terminology can alter the meaning of the entire project.
Preliminary Terms
- orthodoxy
- humanism
- applied Islamology
- historicity
- tradition
- modernity
- power and knowledge
- secularization
- the unthought
- the imaginary
- discourse analysis
- critique of reason
What is the difference between the glossary and the concepts?
The glossary gives a concise definition of the term as Arkoun uses it (3 paragraphs: definition, location, example). The concepts provide a broader study of the concept: how it is distributed across the books, how it differs from one book to another, and what its relationship is to other concepts.
If you want a quick definition, start with the glossary. If you want to understand the concept in the context of Arkoun’s project as a whole, move to the concept page.