IMAGO Interculturalité et Didactique
Volume 3, Numéro 1, Pages 71-94
2000-02-01
The Arab World And Pragmatism (ch. S. Peirce As Example)
Authors : Hammana Boukhari .
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to study the position of Charles S. PEIRCE (1839-1914) in the actual Arab world and more particularly in Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon and Syria. The first part will be devoted to the analysis of the circumstances in which the actual Arab World, in search of a renewal of its structures and its modes of thought and action, was led to take an interest in Pragmatism. Moreover, the reasons which have limited this interest to only the psychological and pedagogical Sides of this Philosophy essentially represented by W.JAMES (1848- 1910) and J. DEWEY (1859-1952) will be equally looked at. The second part looks at the evolution of pragmatist thought in general and that of CH.S.PEIRCE in particular during the second half of the present Century (1930-1988). The Arab World has been undergoing important political, economic and social mutations, and the study will consequently determine the philosophical, scientific and political themes which found more interest among the Arab Intelligentsia (namely those related to the Peircean concepts of doubt, truth and practical effect). The third part tries to situate Peirce's thought with regard to the manifold philosophical, ideological and religious currents such as positivism, liberalism, socialism and fundamentalism for which the Arab scene has today become the common ground of challenge and controversy. Finally, the intervention will evaluate the possibilities of this philosophy in the future which seems more promising in the Arab World than some would think.
Keywords
The Arab World - Charles S. PEIRCE - Pragmatism
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