Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki
Mohamed Habib Al-Marzouki is a prominent Tunisian Arab philosopher, born on March 29, 1947, in the city of Bizerte. He practices Islam and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University in 1972. He subsequently completed his Ph.D. in both Arabic and Greek philosophy in 1991. Al-Marzouki specializes in Greek, Arabic, and German philosophy, and he adopts an Islamic philosophical approach that operates within a framework of structural and historical human thought unity.
Professional Life of Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki
From 1980 to 2006, he served as a professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tunis I. Additionally, Al-Marzouki was the director of the House of Wisdom (Institute of Translation) from 1983 to 1991. Between 2002 and 2006, he was also a professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, teaching Philosophy. In 2011 and 2012, he was nominated by the Ennahda Movement Party as an independent member of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly, where he led their list in the Tunis 1 electoral district.
Publications of Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki
| Book Title | Publication Year |
|---|---|
| Reforming Reason in Arabic Philosophy | 1996 |
| Horizons of the Arab Renaissance and the Future of Humanity in the Era of Globalization | 1999 |
| Unity of Religious and Philosophical Thought | 2001 |
| Manifestations of Arabic Philosophy: The Logic of Its History through the Status of the Universal | 2001 |
| Prospects of Contemporary Arabic Philosophy (Co-authored with Tayeb Tizini) | 2001 |
| Theory and Practice: The Current Arab and Islamic Civilizational Crisis (Co-authored with Dr. Hassan Hanafi) | 2003 |
| The Problem of Renewing Usul al-Fiqh: A Dialogue with Dr. Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti | 2006 |
| Arabs Resuming Their Universal History: The Revolution of Freedom and Dignity: The Tunisian Model | 2011 |
| Things of Critique and Translation | 2012 |
Other notable works by Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki include: The Concept of Causality in Al-Ghazali, Theoretical Sociology of Ibn Khaldun and Contemporary Arab History, The Relationship between Absolute Poetry and Quranic Miraculousness, Conditions for the Renaissance of Arabs and Muslims, Critique of Metaphysics between Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd, Legitimacy of Governance in the Era of Globalization, Defense of Philosophy and Religion, The Quranic Revolution and Crisis of Religious Education, Freedom of Conscience and Belief in the Quran and Sunnah, and Elucidation in Interpretation.
Translations by Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki
- Sources of Arabic Philosophy by Pierre Duhem (2005).
- Basic Modern Logic by Willard Quine (1996).
- Other works on anthropology, and a summary of current philosophical issues regarding the ultimate goal of establishment and rationality in philosophy.
General Information about Abu Ya’rob Al-Marzouki
- He was elected to the National Constituent Assembly after running for office in 2011 and served as an advisor to then-Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. He resigned from this position in 2013.
- One of his notable statements was: “You know that tourism is in reality secret prostitution,” which he made in 2012 during a conference held by the Ennahda Movement at the Kram Exhibition Center, sparking significant controversy.