Vol. 7 No. 026 (2018): Issue 026

غلاف العدد 26 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 26 of Tabayyun (2018) includes the following studies and articles: “The Formation of Identity when Facing Colonialism” (Mohammed Bouazza); “Encouraging Work Ethic: Popular Proverbs in Tunisia” (Abdelwaheb Souissi); “Emersion through Reception: a Reading of Heidegger in Arabic” (Khaled Kammouni); “Introduction to Studying the History of Ethical Thought in Egypt in the Context of Reform and Renaissance Projects” (Mu’taz al-Khatib); “Gramsci and Political Theory by E. J. Hobsbawm” (Ernest Hobsbawm); “Book Review: The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge By Karl Popper” (Mounir Tibaoui); “Book Review: The Discourse of Dignity and Human Rights By Raja Bahlul” (Zwawi Beghoura); “Book Review: Human Rights on Trial — A Genealogy of Democratic Skepticism” (Mounir Kchaou).

Published: 2018-05-01

Studies

  • The Formation of Identity when Facing Colonialism

    Author: Mohammed Bouazza
    7-33

    This paper explores the representation of identity in the novel, Abwab al-Fajr from a post-colonial semiotic perspective, focusing on the story's narrative and rhetorical structure. This...

  • Encouraging Work Ethic: Popular Proverbs in Tunisia

    Author: Abdelwaheb Souissi
    35-59

    This paper studies the folklore, customs, traditions, and other manifestations of popular heritage. Through these expressions many patterns, principles and values are manifested in an...

  • Emersion through Reception: a Reading of Heidegger in Arabic

    Author: Khaled Kammouni
    61-83

    Understanding the universe is a constant human preoccupation, with humans constantly striving to define themselves in relation to themselves and to the wider world. Consequently, the universe is...

  • Introduction to Studying the History of Ethical Thought in Egypt in the Context of Reform and Renaissance Projects

    Author: Mu’taz al-Khatib
    85-109

    The twentieth century saw committed involvement in the field of ethics, as demonstrated in the number of edited manuscripts, translated works, and newly published studies. These helped to shift...

Translations

  • Gramsci and Political Theory by E. J. Hobsbawm

    Author: Ernest Hobsbawm
    113-126

    The importance of this paper lies in both the author and his reading of Gramsci, a pioneer of political theory from a revolutionary perspective. By emphasizing the concept of hegemony/dominance,...

Book Reviews

  • Book Review: The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge By Karl Popper

    Author: Mounir Tibaoui
    129-134

    The richness of Karl Popper's text, The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge , in terms of both formation and polemic, as well as the epistemological debates it subsequently...

  • Book Review: The Discourse of Dignity and Human Rights By Raja Bahlul

    Author: Zwawi Beghoura
    135-142

    In contemporary Arab thinking, there is no philosophical perspective on the question of human rights. There are mostly attempts to rationalize human rights through the prism of our own...

  • Book Review: Human Rights on Trial — A Genealogy of Democratic Skepticism

    Author: Mounir Kchaou
    143-148

    The aim of this book, as the title suggests, seems to follow the formative origins of the skepticism of contemporary French intellectuals and thinkers such as Pierre Menant, Marcel Gauchet and...