Résumé:
The arabic-islamic heritage and the problematic of passing from ideology to epistemology: presentation ofMohamed Abed al-Jâbrî and Mohammad Arkoun perspectives. Both thinkers Mohamed Arkoun (1928-2010) and Mohamed Abed al-Jâbrî (1936-2010) argue that contemporary Arabic- Islamic thought is imprisoned in a medieval archaic culture and system of thought, which are largely outdated. Moreover, this system of thought has ideological and political intentions which are subjected to different interests according to different periods. These determinants and motives may be acceptable within the limits of “unavoidable steps”, which change according to circumstances. But their persistence led to the crystallization of a structure of thought in which the mytho-ideological dominates. It is on the basis of this observation that these two thinkers have called to correct this false perspective, opening the field to criticize the "Islamic thought" by Arkoun, and the "Arab Thought" by al-Jâbrî. The efforts of the two thinkers are focused on the deconstruction of the cultural legacy and the redefinition of new conditions that could develop a critical mind; which needs to be opened on the achievements of the modern human and social sciences. This study aims at presenting two important scientific projects from several points of view: the duration (four decades), the depth of knowledge (anthropology, comparative history, different methodologies, etc..), the "audacity" which is unusual in the epistemological field of Arab and Muslim thought.
