Review of Ahmed Fal Sbai’s The Authenticity Dilemma in the Arab Pragmatic Discourse:

Taha Abdel Rahman as a Case in Point

Abstract

This book is a compelling contribution to modern criticism, and critical discourse analysis in particular. The book itself is a critique of the Arab pragmatic discourse, wherein A. F. Sbai (PhD.) lays great emphasis on wider developments and intervening factors, taking T. Abdel Rahman’s published works as a focal case for study to support his central implicit argument and intentions: the deconstruction of the entire Abdel Rahman-based discourse community and the introduction of his project of Islamic pragmatics. This review focuses mainly on the deconstructionism in action of primary sources, which is the critical approach Sbai adopts to arrive at his revolutionary findings successfully.