Vol. 5 No. 017 (2016): Issue 017

غلاف العدد 17 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 17 of Tabayyun (2016) includes the following studies and articles: “Freedom and Impediment to Action: Foundations for a Liberal Concept of Freedom in the Arab Thought” (Raja Bahlul); “What Does it Mean to Reflect on Freedom in the Arab Context?” (Monji Serbaji); “The Assabiyyat: Predators of Political Freedoms” (Frédéric Maatouk); “Politics of Recognition and Liberty: Debate and Theoretical Framework in the Current Arab Context” (Muhannad Mustafa); “Evil and its Place in the Metaphysical View of the Word According to Avicenna” (Mohamed el-Sadiqi); “What is Scientific Ideology?” (Eias Hassan); “The Fifth Annual Conference for the Social Sciences and the Humanities: The Question of Freedom in Contemporary Arab Thought” (Brahim Boutchich); “Allegories and Interpretation Between the Need of Hiding the Truth Signification and the Duty of its Elucidation According to Maimonides” (Mohamed el-Misbahi); “Liberalism and Democracy in the Thought of John Rawls” (Thaer Deeb); “Market Triumphalism: The Threat of Market Values on Social Values” (Taher Hamdi Kanaan); “Visions criticism futurology the post colonialisme Between Shakib Arslan and Edward Said” (Djaouida Ghanem); “Djait’s Criticising the Obviousness of Oracle (al-Wahy)” (abdelouahed aitzine).

Published: 2016-02-01

Studies

  • Freedom and Impediment to Action: Foundations for a Liberal Concept of Freedom in the Arab Thought

    Author: Raja Bahlul
    07-36

    This paper explores, and ultimately finds no justification for, the idea that it is not possible to root the liberal concept of freedom in the Arab-Islamic cultural context. It examines this...

  • What Does it Mean to Reflect on Freedom in the Arab Context?

    Author: Monji Serbaji
    37-60

    This paper begins by thinking about the meaning of thought itself –together with its tools and enablers. It concludes, that to handle the question of freedom it is necessary to rely on a...

  • The Assabiyyat: Predators of Political Freedoms

    Author: Frédéric Maatouk
    61-75

    This study investigates the concept of freedom in the contemporary Arab world in light of another concept, which plays the role of a chemical reagent, namely the concept of partisanship (or...

  • Politics of Recognition and Liberty: Debate and Theoretical Framework in the Current Arab Context

    Author: Muhannad Mustafa
    77-96

    This paper presents a critical discussion of the perspective of the policy of 'recognition.' This concept has given rise to many fields of knowledge, most importantly that concerned with...

  • Evil and its Place in the Metaphysical View of the Word According to Avicenna

    Author: Mohamed el-Sadiqi
    99-120

    The concept of evil is one that is often portrayed as chaotic, sudden, and a threat to the good. How it operates is generally characterized as puzzling, creating three conflicting...

  • What is Scientific Ideology?

    Author: Eias Hassan
    121-131

    Canguilhem defines "scientific ideology" as the discourse that precedes a science in the process of foundation that itself relies on an existing science whose methodology and suppositions it...

Reports

  • The Fifth Annual Conference for the Social Sciences and the Humanities: The Question of Freedom in Contemporary Arab Thought

    Author: Brahim Boutchich
    203-213

    The ACRPS held the Fifth Annual Conference for the Social Sciences and the Humanities in Doha from March 12-14, 2016. This year the conference addressed two parallel themes: "The Question of...

From the Library

  • Allegories and Interpretation Between the Need of Hiding the Truth Signification and the Duty of its Elucidation According to Maimonides

    Author: Mohamed el-Misbahi
    135-148

    This study examines the position of Ibn Maimoun (Maimonides) on the significance of the concealment of the truth from the masses in "books of prophecy" by using allegory and symbolism, as well...

  • Liberalism and Democracy in the Thought of John Rawls

    Author: Thaer Deeb
    149-154

    This book is of interest to all those concerned with moral and political philosophy in general and in the works of John Rawls in particular. The book comprises an introduction by the editor and...

Book Reviews

  • Market Triumphalism: The Threat of Market Values on Social Values

    Author: Taher Hamdi Kanaan
    157-164

    The events of the last decades of the twentieth century, especially the 1990s, have exposed the victory of extreme liberal economic ideas that have dogmatic faith in the total ability of market...

  • Visions criticism futurology the post colonialisme Between Shakib Arslan and Edward Said

    Author: Djaouida Ghanem
    165-186

    Talk about colonialism and its aftermath in the form of two pioneering experiments in the field of culture and resistance and imperialist culture which were inaugurated by Shakib Arslan and...

  • Djait’s Criticising the Obviousness of Oracle (al-Wahy)

    Author: abdelouahed aitzine
    187-199

    This article examines the significance of Hichem Djait's reading of revelation. It suggests that Djait has put forward new avenues to approach the question of revelation that are linked to an...