The problem of heritageaccording to Muhammad Arkoun

Abstract

Our study focuses on the issue of heritage, which has occupied the forefront in the studies and works of thinkers in contemporary Arab contexts, due to its importance and value, whichisessentiallylinked to the extent and value of what the predecessorsleftbehind in terms of intellectual, cultural, and civilizational production. On this basis, contemporaryArabthinkersdiffered in theirapproach to and readings of the heritage issue. Throughthisresearchpaper, wewillattempt to address the idea of heritage and itscriticismaccording to Muhammad Arkoun by analyzinghismost important ideas, namely the unthinkable in Islamicthought, the problem of the history of revealedtruth, and the mechanisms of criticizingheritage