Review and Analysis of the Course of Researches on Mutazilites in Twentieth Century

Scholars have refocused on Mutazilite School which had been neglected for many centuries and many researches have been conducted to introduce its thoughts due to the discovery and publication of Mutazilite manuscripts in the early 20th century, particularly two books entitled "al-Intisar" and "al-Moqhny". The present paper reviews the course of researches on Mutazilite School in 20th century, divided into three periods: 1) the first half of the 20th century during which the book "al-Intisar" and other researches were published following it; 2) the early of 1960s to the late of 1980s, the beginning and turning point of which is the discovery of the book "al-Moqhny" by Qadi 'Abdul Jabbar in Yemen, which was followed by the publication of other manuscripts written by him and other Mutazilite precedents and the conduction of several researches related to 'Abdul Jabbar's views; 3) two last decades of the 20th century during which thematic scope of researches increased.