Scholars, philosophers, and theologians have debated the compatibility of Hellenic Philosophy with Islam since the eighth century CE. In his book Averroes et l’Averroisme (1852), Ernst Renan identified Tahāfut al-Falsifa by al-Ghazali and Tahāfut al-Tahāfut by ibn Rushd as the two key texts resolving the issue: the Islamic world accepted al-Ghazali and fell into decline, while Europe accepted ibn Rushd (Averroës) and experienced the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Renan’s argument has endured among Arab liberal intellectuals over the past one-hundred sixty years, but using ibn Rushd as the mascot for Arab Rationalism has failed to inspire anything resembling asecond Nahda. Two contemporary Arab intellectuals, Mohammad ʿAbed al-Jabari and George Tarabichi, have engaged in their own dialogue about the works of al-Ghazali’s and ibn Rushd’s and whether or not Averroism can effect real change in the modern Arab world. This paper examines the works of al-Ghazali, ibn Rushd, Renan, al-Jabari, and Tarabichi in their historical, cultural, and geographical contexts to conclude that the solution to the problems of the modern Arab world, if one exists, does not lie solely within the works of ibn Rushd. / text

La tesi illustra il pensiero del filosofo marocchino contemporaneo M.A. al-Jābirī (al-Jabri), uno dei principali filosofi arabi del XX secolo. Dopo una breve introduzione, la tesi illustra la struttura teoretica del pensiero di Jabiri e, dopo averlo contestualizzato nel panorama della filosofia araba contemporanea, si concentra sulla questione morale, illustrando come il pensatore marocchino ritenga si sia evoluta la filosofia morale in ambito arabo islamico. L’analisi si caratterizza per un approccio storico-filologico, benché i contributi teoretici elaborati da Jabri non siano trascurabili. Segue un ultimo capitolo che mette in evidenza alcune delle critiche mossegli – in particolare da un autore arabo, George Tarabishi, e da uno studioso italiano, Massimo Campanini – rispetto alla visione di Jabri. La tesi si conclude con alcune riflessioni personali del redattore di tesi. / The thesis illustrates the thinking of contemporary Moroccan philosopher M.A. al- Jābirī (al-Jabri), a major Arab philosopher of the twentieth century. After a brief introduction, the thesis presents the theoretical structure of his thought. Then it contextualizes Jabri’s thought in the framework of contemporary Arab philosophy. The second chapter focuses on Jabri’s theory of moral philosophy, illustrating how the Moroccan thinker considers the developing of moral philosophy through the ages in the Arab Islamic context. The analysis is characterized by a philological-historical approach, although theoretical contributions developed by Jabri are not negligible. A final chapter follows to highlight some of the criticisms made against him - in particular by an Arab author, George Tarabishi, and an Italian scholar Massimo Campanini - compared to the vision of Jabri. The thesis concludes with some personal reflections of the editor.