THE ARGUMENTATIVE NATURE OF EVIDENCE IN CULTURAL CRITICISM DISCOURSE

Abstract

Within the Arab context, culture has transformed into mechanisms of hegemony and exclusion, exercising its authority through texts, symbols, discursive structures, media, and communication means. It is no longer limited to innocently suggesting and representing group identity, but has become a tool for suppressing and eliminating the Other, ultimately imposing sovereignty. Culture cannot be viewed as a basket of deferred knowledge and selected philosophies that reflect the nature of entrenched intellectual and ideological systems; rather, it is an entity with fragmented visions and approaches. This means it stands on unstable ground that excludes the stability of concepts.