This article describes the current map of contemporary Islamic thought in term of understanding the relation between legacy (turâth) and modernity within the context of Arab-Islamic renaissance. Some paradigms of thoughts raised by various critical Arab thinkers converge into one general goal: reviving Arab-Islam civilization from its long hibernation. The theme of “self-criticism” (an-naqd al-dhâtiy) has become a core issue that dominates the discourse of contemporary Islamic thoughts and encompasses other paradigms such as Marxism, liberalism, fundamentalism, nasionalism and post-traditionalism. Although they have a common goal, they have distinctive methods in reading and treating the relation between legacy and modern
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