The ‘Arab Reason’ in Islamic Culture from the Middle Ages till the Modern Age

Abstract

What has modern times preserved from the past and what appeared in it as evidence of the onset of a new era in the development of Arab culture, in the Arab mind, “Arab reason”? The traditional problems of philosophy remain actual, but now interest in them is determined by the issue, how important they are for the implementation of the goals of social and cultural development as well as for understanding the place of the Arab nations in modern civilization. In the context of solving these problems we also consider the content of the concept “Arab mind”. The key points to pay attention are its epistemological features and saturation with new historical and cultural concepts, such as the importance of personality and consciousness (individual and collective), understanding of the interconnections with other nations, attitude to the values of one’s culture and importance of their preservation for the universal culture.