From Mustapha Abdul Razak’s Published and Uncollected Works

Mustapha Abdul Razak is one of the founders of scientific methods in Arab
philosophical research, favouring the use of new Western theories, such as the
philological and historical approaches. He is also a staunch opponent of
intellectual rigidity and one of the most important proponents of rationalism.
These are the contents of From Mustapha Abdul Razak’s Published and
Uncollected Works edited by Abdullah Zrelli.
The book includes a large variety of texts by Mustapha Abdul Razak (1885-
1947), including interviews, letters and introductions to literary and
philosophical works, as well as lectures given in scholarly symposia and literary
conferences expressing his modernist turn of mind, rejecting the domination of
the religious mindset. Indeed, in his opinion, we can only free ourselves from
dogmatism by “combating the manifestations of scientific rigidity”.