The impact of power in the Arab cultural discourse

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Wisam Abbas Jaaja

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We conclude from the foregoing that the authority has contributed throughout its long history to influencing the structure and foundations of the Arab cultural discourse a great deal, and this contributed to the production of false, distorted or interpreted religious, literary and historical texts that contribute to the service of the authority in the first place, and the aim behind this was to present a false image of the sole leader. Who is unlike Him, and to establish the monopoly of a certain group for glory over others! On the other hand, persuading the masses that they are subject to the will of the divine decree, and that they are helpless in the face of this will, which is not limited to those in authority alone, but was shared by some opposition political parties, whose discourse does not differ in content from the essence of the authoritarian discourse. The practices include a large number of different texts, which can be included under the title of the authoritarian cultural discourse that claims to possess the absolute truth, and that its opponent is misguided. We say with regret that this discourse that was marketed through paid or neglected pens has not ended to this day, and its clear evidence is that most of our peoples still live under the domination of tyranny and dictatorships, and the misleading media of the authority. Many poets and artists glorify tyrannical leaders and sing their false glories, at a time when their people live under the weight of poverty, ignorance and backwardness!

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