The Quest for an Alternative Paradigm… Thoughts and Questions On Worldview, Knowledge and Civilization

by Djaber Nacer Bouhedjam جابر ناصر بوحجام, محمد باباعمي, طه كوزي

This collective work which was originally authored in Arabic, mainly by Dr. Mohammed Babaammi, and Dr. Taha Kouzi, is a summary of an intellectual Journey that has started many years ago in which many issues and questions have been brought about, this journey is also a result of a collective attempt in order to approach the right questions as well as an appropriate diagnosis and eventually, a consistent understanding of the civilizational stage of Muslims today as well as the crises that keep drowning this body to an endless quagmire. On the other hand, it is a representation of a paradigm of thought that was shaped on the ground of an ‘Islamic Worldview’ that is inspired from the heritage which starts from the first word of revelation and goes on up to the contemporary scholars and thinkers who have strived to pave the road for the coming generations in order to better understand their identity, role and position in the course of history. Beyond that, it seeks knowledge and wisdom from the different streams of humanity, and joins the voice of thinkers, scholars and activists in their struggle against the injustice and the dehumanization of man.

184 pages, Paperback

Published October 19, 2017

About the author

جابر ناصر بوحجام:
djaber@manahidj.com
ماجستير في الفكر الإسلامي (معهد المناهج- الجزائر)، ليسانس لغة إنجليزية وآدابها (جامعة باتنة- الجزائر)
مسؤول قسم إنتاج المعرفة في معهد المناهج وفي مؤسسة وسام العالم الجزائري
باحث مهتم بـ "علم اجتماع العلوم"، "الجماعة العلمية"، "تاريخ العلوم"
Djaber Nacer Bouhedjam currently is the responsible of "Knowledge Production" department at Al-Manahidj Institute for Training and Scientific Research, Algeria. My research interests are in Higher Education, scientific communities and cultural translation. My current projects are: 'translating Roshd Paradigm works from Arabic to English' and defining the working context of scientific communities in the so called thirld world especially in Algeria.