The beginning of the 20th century has witnessed a significant development that has renewed and stimulated the long passionate historical relationship between two great civilisations which are traditionally known as the West and the East. Following their ancestors who cultivated the quest for knowledge tradition, some Arab scholars have come to leading European countries to learn the latest advancement in knowledge. They did not expect they would be confronted with what seems to be the poor showing of their scientific and cultural heritage according to the assessment that was carried out in the previous century by Western scholars and historians. The Western study of the Eastern heritage had such influence that it has generated new Arab intellectual elite which blames the past for the present difficulties. Following the discovery of major scientific Arabic works in the second half of the 20th century, some Arab scholars like Ibrahim Madkour realised that they had in fact just misunderstood their own tradition. What is the source of their misunderstanding? How did they become aware of it? And how can a better understanding of the past change present attitudes and guide future actions? By attempting to provide some answers to such questions, the aim of this paper is to shed light on what seems to be a turning point in modern Arabic intellectual history.

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当现在的人误解了现代阿拉伯知识分子如何收回自己的遗产时

20年初th世纪见证了重大发展，更新和激发了传统上被称为西方和东方两大文明之间长期充满激情的历史关系。继祖先培养了对知识传统的追求之后，一些阿拉伯学者来到领先的欧洲国家学习最新的知识进步。根据西方学者和历史学家在上个世纪进行的评估，他们没想到他们会面临科学和文化遗产的糟糕展示。西方对东方遗产的研究产生了如此大的影响，以至于它产生了新的阿拉伯知识精英，他们将当前的困难归咎于过去。th世纪以来，一些像易卜拉欣·马德库尔这样的阿拉伯学者意识到，他们实际上只是误解了自己的传统。他们误解的根源是什么？他们是如何意识到这一点的？更好地了解过去如何改变现在的态度并指导未来的行动？通过试图为这些问题提供一些答案，本文的目的是阐明现代阿拉伯思想史上似乎是一个转折点。