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    Production of pedagogical tools for the promotionof dialogue among cultures

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    TABLE OF CONTENT

    FORWARD 6A AA A$VVLVWDQW'LUHFWRU*HQHUDOIRU6RFLDODQG+XPDQ6FLHQFHV81(6&2A TA$VVLVWDQW'LUHFWRU*HQHUDOIRU(GXFDWLRQ81(6&2

    INTRODUCTION 8AA M 'LUHFWRURI+XPDQ5LJKWV3KLORVRSK\DQG'HPRFUDF\'LYLVLRQ81(6&2MA CA &KLHIRI'HPRFUDF\DQG3KLORVRSK\6HFWLRQ81(6&2

    PROLOGUE 12A BMA 8QLYHUVLW\3URIHVVRURI3KLORVRSK\6FLHQWLF&RRUGLQDWRURIWKHSUHVHQWSXEOLFDWLRQ

    I. RATIONALITYThe concept of civilization 17A BMA

    Adaband the formation of men 29MAAM ABB

    Culture, civilization and philosophy 41

    A BMACommunications and the dissemination of ideas 53A BMA

    Herodotus and al-Biruni: the power of commonality 61MAA MT

    The universal and the Other 73MAA MT

    The search for the truth 89A BMA

    Translators and transmitters of knowledge 101A BMA

    II. SPIRITUALITY

    God and the worlds 113AB BA

    The love of God in the work of the philosophers and mystics. 121Sufism: a spiritual exerciseA BMA

    The modern Sufi tradition in Africa: Tierno Bokar & Amadou Hampate Ba 133CA B

    Self-knowledge 145A BMA

    Ibn Sinas conception of wisdom 153A BMA

    Suhrawardi and Ibn Arabi: Eastern lights 161A BMA

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    III. ART, REASON AND THE BODY

    From demonstration to poetry: logic, the key issue in Arabic philosophy 169A BMA

    Art in the Arab-Muslim civilization 177A CMT-

    The Arabic art of poetry 189MAAM ABB

    The body and the spirit in Arabic philosophy 201MAAM ABB

    Love and body techniques among refined people, according to Al-Muwashsha 209MAAM ABB

    How is reason used for spiritual knowledge and behaviour? 221AB BA

    Nasruddin Hodja, a popular philosopher and master of the negative way 229CA B

    IV. SCIENTIFIC LEARNING AND THE LAWAverroes and the interpretation of the law 241A BMA

    Philosophy and science in Islam: a fruitful cohabitation 253AM BBA

    Education, sense and essence 265AB BA

    Muhammad Iqbal 273AB BA

    Arab science: know-how, experimentation and theoretical knowledge 281AM BBA

    Technology in the service of progress: the example of hydraulic technologies 293AM BBA

    Arab agronomy: from the science of the soil and plants to the art of the garden 305AM BBA

    V. LIFE IN THE CITYPolitical thinking in the Muslim world 317AB A-AA

    The Nahda: the Arab renaissance 329AB A-AA

    The great figures: Al-Afghani, Muhammad Abduh and Al-Kawakibi 341AB BA

    Womens movements and women on the move in the Arab-Muslim world 349 AAM

    Strain, struggle and strife 361MAAM ABB

    The notion of peace in Arabic Mirrors for Princes 376MAAM ABB

    Timeline 385AC CA

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    FOREWORD

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