The Issue Of Heritage And Renewal In Contemporary Thought: Hassan Hanafi Is An Example

Abstract

This research aims to study the issue of heritage and renewal, which is a field of research in which many Arab thinkers have delved into contemporary and modern Arab thought. Hassan Hanafi (1935 AD - 2021 AD) is considered one of those thinkers who sought to rationalize and diagnose heritage, by selecting characteristics that fundamentally contribute to ensuring intellectual and political renaissance, and cultural and ideological progress. Then, an Arab person emerges who churns between the past and the present, freed from false illusions, and a modern social environment is established.

     It has become necessary to re-read the Arab-Islamic heritage, as the heritage and renewal project, according to Hassan Hanafi, is based on three structural positions: The position on ancient heritage, the position on Western heritage, and the theory of interpreting reality.