Arabic Literature

Analysis of Approach from Jābirī to the Two Categories ‎Analogy and the System of Reasoning of Jurjānī Based on ‎Critical Thinking Paradigms

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Abdolahad Gheibi 1
Elham Baboli Bahmeh 2

1 Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Arabic literature group, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Postdoctoral Researcher of Arabic Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2025.387061.612903
Abstract
Critiquing the methodological processes underlying new critical approaches to the legacy of eloquent rhetoric necessitates understanding the deviant ideas dominating rhetoric. ʻᾹbid Jābirī (1936) drawing on modern humanities developed the intellectual project of "Critique of Arab Reason" across Arabic heritage. under the pretext of engaging with heritage, and through a unified critical approach and two different methods; he provides a critical reading of the views of rhetorical thinkers. He assumes Jurjānī (d. 471 AH) under the divergent thought in the project of "Critique of Arab Reason," framing him negatively by equating his rational method with the institutionalization of analogical thinking, which imposed a type of stagnation on rhetoric. The present study aims to explore how Jābirī's critical reading and methodology regarding the two concepts of "Analogy" and the "System of reasoning" of Jurjānī are based on critical-thinking paradigms using a qualitative approach and inductive method. The results indicated that Jābirī's main opposition to ʻAbd al-Qāhir lies in Jurjānī's epistemology. Moreover, he views "Analogy" and the "System of reasoning" as the foundational elements of Jurjānī's epistemological approach. Jābirī sees no similarity between Jurjānī and Aristotle, emphasizing the difference between philosophical and religious methods; rather, he believes that Jurjānī's method of reasoning and inferences are foreign to the essence of rhetoric. He describes ʻAbd al-Qāhir's rational system as a dead form of reason in the study of rhetoric, due to the necessity to adhere to meaning. Therefore, according to Jābirī, Jurjānī's argumentative formulation is governed by a type of subjectivism. He prefers demonstrative analogy over expressive analogy for engaging with rhetoric

Keywords

Muḥammad ʻᾹbid Jābirī
ʻAbd al-Qāhir Jurjānī
Analogy
System of Reasoning
‎Reason
Method
Subjects
 
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  • Receive Date 16 December 2024
  • Revise Date 29 January 2025
  • Accept Date 01 February 2025

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