Averroès : 900 ans de pensée vivante et universelle

In echo of the exhibition Les Secrets de l’Alhambra, the Institut du monde arabe is organising a cycle of round tables on the history of Al-Andalus, its figures and its legacies. On the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the birth of Averroes (Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Rušd, 1126–1198), and in echo of the exhibition Les Secrets de l’Alhambra nasride, the Institut du monde arabe presents a focus devoted to this major figure of philosophy. Judge, jurist, physician and philosopher in the service of the Almohads, Averroes left a body of work of exceptional scope, which crosses disciplines and has left a lasting mark on intellectual history, from the Arab world to the Latin West. Coordinated by Jean-Baptiste Brenet With the participation of Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil, Alain de Libera, Mehdi Ghouirgate …