Vol. 4 No. 014 (2015): Issue 014

غلاف العدد 14 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 14 of Tabayyun (2015) includes the following studies and articles: “Manifestations of the Philosophical Presence of al-Andalus in Contemporary Arab Culture” (Mohamed el-Misbahi); “Leotard against Sartre” (Essaid Labib); “Deconstructing Arab Epistemological Dependency” (Mohammed Abdelrahman Hassan); “Augustine and Aquinas: Interpretation Reconciling Religion and Politics” (Abderrahim Allam); “The Arabic of Advertisements […] To Where?” (Mohamed Khaine); “Martin Heidegger’s Identity and Difference, “The Principle of Identity”” (Mohamed Meziane); “Lisan ad-Din ibn al-Khatib’s Epistle on Politics and Authority” (Brahim Boutchich); “A Reading of Azmi Bishara’s Project: Religion and Religiosity – a Prolegomena to Volume One of Religion and Secularism” (Wajih Kawtharani); “The Arabic Language and the Ideology of Unity” (Mohammed Jassim Gebara); “The Arab Novel, Literary Criticism, and the Creative Imagination of Youmna Eid” (Ahmed el-Garti); “Third Space in the Novels of Waciny Laredj: Effacing the Boundaries” (Khaled el-Aref).

Published: 2015-05-01

Studies

  • Manifestations of the Philosophical Presence of al-Andalus in Contemporary Arab Culture

    Author: Mohamed el-Misbahi
    07-26

    The distinguishing feature of the Andalusian philosophical model is its openness to all forms of rational thought – evidential, doctrinal, jurisprudential, historical and mystical – by virtue of...

  • Leotard against Sartre

    Author: Essaid Labib
    27-38

    Taking up a commitment to writing, or, in the words of Leotard "writing one's commitment," is an impossible task. This is because, as Sartre put it, such commitment "presumes a present, that is,...

  • Deconstructing Arab Epistemological Dependency

    Author: Mohammed Abdelrahman Hassan
    39-61

    In the past fifty years such projects that have deconstructed contemporary Arab epistemological dependency have given rise to a great deal of discussion. Deconsructing contemporary Arab...

  • Augustine and Aquinas: Interpretation Reconciling Religion and Politics

    Author: Abderrahim Allam
    63-74

    The reappearance of talk about the role of religious interpretation in sparing humanity the opposition between "the state" and "religion" comes at a time of increasing conflict between church...

  • The Arabic of Advertisements […] To Where?

    Author: Mohamed Khaine
    75-96

    Practices followed in the language of Arabic advertisements will cause problems for the future of Arabic. The large affect they have on the lives of large numbers of youth who memorize their...

From the Library

  • Martin Heidegger’s Identity and Difference, “The Principle of Identity”

    Author: Mohamed Meziane
    99-108

    Let us think of 'Being' according to its original meaning, as presence. Being is present to man neither incidentally nor only on rare occasions. Being is present and abides only as it concerns...

  • Lisan ad-Din ibn al-Khatib’s Epistle on Politics and Authority

    Author: Brahim Boutchich
    109-115

    Among the new books that have strengthened the shelves of the Arab historical library is Politics and authority for Lisan ad-Din ibn al-Khatib through his epistle 'On the State and Fate of...

Book Reviews

  • A Reading of Azmi Bishara’s Project: Religion and Religiosity – a Prolegomena to Volume One of Religion and Secularism

    Author: Wajih Kawtharani
    119-132

    In his landmark texts, Azmi Bishara calls for the development of a new epistemological and methodological standpoint in Arab research into religion and types of religiosity, urging this as an...

  • The Arabic Language and the Ideology of Unity

    Author: Mohammed Jassim Gebara
    133-148

    This study deals with a series of issues that revolve around the question of the Arabic language and its relationship with concepts of Arab nationalism. In particular, it considers the ideology...

  • The Arab Novel, Literary Criticism, and the Creative Imagination of Youmna Eid

    Author: Ahmed el-Garti
    149-164

    This study tracks the latest developments in the criticism practice of Youmna Eid. It takes as its starting point her analytical readings of Arabic novels, particularly those written by women,...

  • Third Space in the Novels of Waciny Laredj: Effacing the Boundaries

    Author: Khaled el-Aref
    165-186

    This study looks at post-colonial theory as a frame of discourse developed by theoreticians beginning in the last quarter of the twentieth century. It sees the ideas of post-colonialism as ideas...