Vol. 14 No. 055 (2026): Issue 055

غلاف العدد 55 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 55 of Tabayyun (2026) includes the following studies and articles: “Two Perspectives On” (Azmi Bishara); “On Postmodernism in Contemporary Arab Philosophical Thought: An Inquiry into Interpretation, Appropriation, and Renewal” (Zwawi Beghoura); “Postmodern Philosophy in Arab Thought: The Myth of Historical Linearity and the Metaphor of Fire” (Khaldoun Nabwani); “The Invocation of Postmodernism in the Rejection of Political Modernity: A Critical Study of the Contributions of Abd al–Wahhab al–Messiri and Ali Harb” (Rasheed AlHaj Saleh); “Postmodernism in Moroccan Philosophical Thought: On the Crisis of Reception and Application” (Nabil Fazio); “Edward Said and Wael Hallaq: Overlooked Questions in Postcolonial Studies” (Rachid Benbih); “The Negativity Crisis of AI Ethics” (Peter Königs); “Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science” (Khaled Qutb); “The Main Enterprise of the World: Rethinking Education” (Hamdi Abdel Hamid El Sherif); “Featured Books” (Editorial Board of Tabayyun).

Published: 2026-08-01
Issue totals: 477 views 649 downloads

Studies

  • Edward Said and Wael Hallaq: Overlooked Questions in Postcolonial Studies

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    Author: Rachid Benbih
    153-175

    This study elucidates the significance of Wael Hallaq’s critique of Said’s Orientalism and to clarifies the limits of this critique. Second, it seeks to define the role of Orientalism within his...

Special Dossier

  • Two Perspectives On

    50 views 72 downloads
    Author: Azmi Bishara
    7-42

    This study offers a critical reading of the consequences of importing postmodern thought into the Arab context. It demonstrates that postmodern commentary on the relativity of Truth,...

  • On Postmodernism in Contemporary Arab Philosophical Thought: An Inquiry into Interpretation, Appropriation, and Renewal

    59 views 80 downloads
    Author: Zwawi Beghoura
    43-64

    This study asks how contemporary Arab philosophical thought has received postmodern philosophy by examining three interconnected elements: direct and indirect translation, critical and...

  • Postmodern Philosophy in Arab Thought: The Myth of Historical Linearity and the Metaphor of Fire

    48 views 54 downloads
    Author: Khaldoun Nabwani
    65-90

    This paper investigates the ways in which contemporary Arab intellectual discourse has engaged with the notion of postmodernity – a concept whose meanings have varied and often conflicted, even...

  • The Invocation of Postmodernism in the Rejection of Political Modernity: A Critical Study of the Contributions of Abd al–Wahhab al–Messiri and Ali Harb

    46 views 62 downloads
    Author: Rasheed AlHaj Saleh
    91-122

    This study examines the employment of postmodern thought in contemporary Arab intellectual discourse, not merely as a tool for critiquing Western modernity, but as a method for rejecting...

  • Postmodernism in Moroccan Philosophical Thought: On the Crisis of Reception and Application

    47 views 66 downloads
    Author: Nabil Fazio
    123-150

    This study analyses the reception and impact of postmodern discourse within Moroccan philosophical thought. It problematizes “the legitimacy of inviting the discourse and major questions of...

Translations

  • The Negativity Crisis of AI Ethics

    49 views 74 downloads
    Author: Peter Königs
    179-206

    Despite the great positive potential of AI, the AI ethics community has presented a rather gloomy picture of AI’s ethical implications. This paper examines the negativity within AI ethics...

Book Reviews

  • Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science

    57 views 62 downloads
    Author: Khaled Qutb
    209-217

    Book Title: Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science . Author: Alan Sokal & Jean Bricmont. Translator: Nageb Alhasadi. Publisher: Doha/Beirut: Arab Center for...

  • The Main Enterprise of the World: Rethinking Education

    37 views 59 downloads
    Author: Hamdi Abdel Hamid El Sherif
    219-228

    Book Title: The Main Enterprise of the World: Rethinking Education . Author: Philip Kitcher. Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press. Date of Publication: 2022. Pages: 440.

Book Presentations

  • Featured Books

    35 views 66 downloads
    Author: Editorial Board of Tabayyun
    231-234

    Book reviews prepared by the editorial board: Al-Tayyib Bouazza, The Historian and the Philosopher: Questions of Historiography and the Philosophy of History (Kuwait/Beirut: Nuhud Center for...