This article is trying to elaborate Arkoun's thought on the applied islamology, which is an effort to evaluate, develop and activate some deficiencies of Western traditional islamology. In Arkoun's point of view, the studies of classical islamology are so rigid and inflexible. They tend to restrict their studies on certain and selected works of Islam, so their works are not empirical, unfruitfu…
In this context, postmodernism implies positive and negative side. The positive side on postmodernism is that it enliven tradition of autenthic dialoque, however, the negative side has arisen relativism, nihilism and nothingness of central oriented spot. Postmodernist pragmatism intends to settle down the negative side of postmodernism by concluding the truth of locality, whereas it reject the …
Ketidak puasan terhadap cara kerja filsafat dalam memahami realitas telah melahirkan kouter critic dari kalangan para filusuf sendiri, salah satunya adalah filsuf Prancis kenamaan Jacques Derrida yang kemudian melahirkan konsep dekontruksi". Melalui cara baca dekontruktifnya ini Derrida menunjukkan kelemahan filsafat yang berambisi menghadirkan kebenaran riil yang bersifat extralinguistik denga…
The interpretation method held so far by the ulemas is viewed incapable of responding human's problems in this era. On the contrary, hermeneutics is seen as an appropriate method to understand the Qu'an in this modern era. The effects of this area manifold. The first is that it deconstruct the previous [salaf] ulemas. The second, it deconstructs the epistimological building of the previous ulem…
Diskursus fikih sudah bergulir sekian lama, bahkan sudah melampaui hitungan millenium, hingga mengisyaratkan kesan termapankannya konsep-konsep fikih yang sudah sekian lama bercokol dalam blantika deretan wacana yang bergulir. Begitu mapannya patri yang dilengketkan dalam tembok wacana tersebut menjadikan diskursus fikih menjelma menjadi sebuah tembok raksasa yang hampir mustahil untuk dikuak. …