La Civilisation selon Malek Bennabi : des possibilités de son discours dans La Renaissance

Abstract

Civilization according to Malek Bennabi: possibilities of his discourse in the Renaissance

Malek Bennabi (1905-1973) is retained in the Muslim culture of the twentieth century as a thinker of civilization and rebirth (Renaissance). Now, are they first of all Islamic concepts? It turns out that Bennabi, notably through his work Les conditions de la renaissance, deals with European civilization and, moreover, with a strong Christian charge; the Muslims being decadent since the year 37 of the Hegira (the battle of Çiffin). On the other hand, his point, not relevant to any possible argument; his words are no longer an argumentation but a story. Because, in the final analysis, the theme of civilization and rebirth has no support in the constituent discourse of Islam. Therefore, the question arises: is the Bennabian discourse possible? Given the tenuity of its two themes in the Islamic corpus, our hypothesis is that no and that this topical ideal only introduced the arbitrariness of other men, notably El Afghani and the arbitration of Western ideologists for what is worth and what does not apply to Muslims. Finally, it is a treatise of which one of the rare references to Islam (Koran, s. Thunder, verse 11) is ultimately a biased reading because of its decontextualization. Which ends with a definitive change of scenery from the Bennabian topical.