The Islamic Commonwealth Project according to Malek Bennabi and the issue of strengthening the values of national unity in Algeria

Abstract

This article presents an approach in dealing of Malek Bennabi’s intellectual system, which consists of Three foundations: The theoretical background, analysis of reality, and proposing projects - these axes that stem from his civilizational outlook according to the equation “human + soil + time = civilization”, All of this is presented in the model of the “Islamic Commonwealth”, which represents a civilizational model of unity and coexistence, which Malik Bennabi made comprehensive. Islamic, participatory in structure and function, consultative in vision and implementation, decentralized in construction and management, the basis of whose goal is to advance the world of ideas and develop them by expanding the locations of the global presence of Muslims; The world of ideas, which is the basis of human centrality in the urbanization equation. The study presents a formulation of the most important critical features in this model that can be used in contemporary theorizing on the issue of strengthening the values of National Unity, with a focus on the Algerian specificity, in its cultural and social construction, and based on the historical impact on this culture, by evoking the spirit and truth of the idea, taking into account the characteristics of the era, and awareness The most important problems that may hinder its implementation or laying its foundations.