The scope and limitation of post-1967 Arab thought -- Contemporary Arab intellectual trends -- Secularism and its hazards : the recent debate in the Arab world -- Contemporary Arab philosophical views of secularism -- Formation of contemporary identities : nationalism and Islamism in contemporary Arab thought -- Traditional values, social change and the contemporary Arab personality -- Globalization : a contemporary Islamic response? -- Contemporary Arab thought and globalization -- Rashid Ghannushi and the questions of Shariah and civil society -- Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muohammad al-Ghazali -- Islam and Muslims in crisis -- Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muohammad Abid al-Jabiri -- Towards modern Arab reason -- Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism -- Mahdi Amil and the unfinished project of Arab marxist philosophy -- Abdallah Laroui : from objective marxism to liberal etatism.