Vol. 15 No. 057 (2026): Issue 057

غلاف العدد 57 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 57 of Tabayyun (2026) includes the following studies and articles: “Fear and Political Emotion: Spinoza and the Relationship between Authority and Superstition” (Lemrabott Sneid); “From the Problem of Reason to the Fact of Action: Epistemological Shifts in Kant’s Concept of Freedom” (Jaouad Gria, Mohamed Meziane); “Leo Strauss on Max Weber: His Critique of Positivism” (Abderrahim Rajrahi); “Taha Abdurrahman’s Account of the Connection between Reason and Sense Perception” (Abdellah Bakkali); “The Palestine Question and Abdallah Laroui's Historicism” (El-Hajj Mohamed al-Nassek, Mohamed Ourya); “Abdallah Laroui and Western Culture: Marx and Montesquieu as Pathways to Overcoming Historical Delay” (Soufian EL Barrak); “How Is This Paper Philosophy?” (Kristie Dotson); “The Concept of African Cultural Authenticity: Problematic and Methodological Issues and Other Topics” (Mujahid Eldouma); “The Political in the Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas” (Omar Badri); “Featured Books” (Editorial Board of Tabayyun).

Published: 2026-02-01

Studies

  • Fear and Political Emotion: Spinoza and the Relationship between Authority and Superstition

    Author: Lemrabott Sneid
    7-26

    This study explores the political question in Spinoza’s philosophy by examining his critique of superstition as a form of political metaphysics and his understanding of politics through the lens...

  • From the Problem of Reason to the Fact of Action: Epistemological Shifts in Kant’s Concept of Freedom

    Authors: Jaouad Gria, Mohamed Meziane
    27-44

    This article examines the concept of practical freedom in Kantian philosophy, tracing its transitional trajectory from the realm of transcendental dialectic in the Critique of Pure Reason to...

  • Leo Strauss on Max Weber: His Critique of Positivism

    Author: Abderrahim Rajrahi
    45-67

    This study examines Leo Strauss’s critique of positivism as a fundamental source of the crisis of political modernity. Through an analysis of his critical engagement with Max Weber’s...

  • Taha Abdurrahman’s Account of the Connection between Reason and Sense Perception

    Author: Abdellah Bakkali
    69-88

    The article examines Taha Abdurrahman’s account of the relationship between reason and sense perception within his broader theory of reason, and assesses its consistency with Islamic theological...

  • The Palestine Question and Abdallah Laroui's Historicism

    Authors: El-Hajj Mohamed al-Nassek, Mohamed Ourya
    89-114

    This study offers a comprehensive critical reading of Abdullah Laroui’s approach to the Palestine question, based on his dynamic historicist method, which interprets historical calamities such...

Discussions

  • Abdallah Laroui and Western Culture: Marx and Montesquieu as Pathways to Overcoming Historical Delay

    Author: Soufian EL Barrak
    117-137

    This study examines how Abdallah Laroui conceptualizes historical delay and outlines the roles of objective Marxism, historicism, and translation within his conception of Arab modernity. It is...

Translations

  • How Is This Paper Philosophy?

    Author: Kristie Dotson
    141-167

    This paper answers a call made by Anita Allen to genuinely assess whether the field of philosophy has the capacity to sustain the work of diverse people. By identifying a pervasive culture of...

Book Reviews

  • The Concept of African Cultural Authenticity: Problematic and Methodological Issues and Other Topics

    Author: Mujahid Eldouma
    171-178

    Book Title: The Concept of African Cultural Authenticity: Problematic and Methodological Issues and Other Topics Author: Abdullahi Bola Reviewed by: Najat Mohammed Ali Publisher: Juba: Rafiqi...

  • The Political in the Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

    Author: Omar Badri
    179-187

    Book Title: The Political in the Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas Author: Sami Al Ghabri Publisher: Philias Laboratory, University of Sfax / Al Atrash Complex for Specialized Books, Tunis Year of...

Book Presentations

  • Featured Books

    Author: Editorial Board of Tabayyun
    189-194

    Hugo Drochon, Elites and Democracy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026), 296 pp. Shannon Hoff, How to Read Hegel Now (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2026), 268 pp. Christian J....