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The absence of Enlightenment in Arabic culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Mona Abousenna
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Abstract

We in the West largely take Enlightened attitudes, in Kant's sense of ‘Enlightened’, particularly concerning religion, for granted. But within Arabic culture such attitudes are far from common, as Mona Abousenna points out.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 4 , Issue 12 , Spring 2006 , pp. 7 - 12
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2006

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