The Fates of Philosophy between Christianity and Islam

The history of philosophy, as the history of reason’s view of reason, is of exceptional importance. With the emergence of European ethnocentrism in the nineteenth century, the history of philosophy became the subject of an anthropological struggle. European civilization viewed itself as a civilization of absolute reason, and in light of this narcissistic reading, it created an illusory philosophical geography centered on the alienation of the “Greek” mind and the denial of the “Semitic” mind’s ability to practice philosophy.
Orientalist ideology attempted to add new arguments to the arsenal of Eurocentrism by popularizing the notion that Christianity was a cradle for philosophy as much as Islam was its grave.
Was Christianity truly a friend of philosophy, to which Islam was merely an enemy?
This book on the fates of philosophy between Christianity and Islam is not purely historical. It merely re-poses the question of philosophy’s citizenship and exile in both Christian and Islamic cities, attempting to propose a new answer to the dilemma of progress and backwardness in light of the two civilizations’ positions on the question of reason.