Analyzing the Deconstructive Philosophical Ideas and Assumptions of Ali Harb

Different interpretations of religious texts and how to read them has always been a concern of the philosophers of religion. Some have sought to present a new way of understanding religious texts by using new theories in linguistics. A recent example is passing through phenomenological and structural views and believing in deconstructive ideas. According to this view, each sign can have various meanings and it is impossible to achieve a definite and fixed understanding of texts. With an analytical method, this research aims to analyze the philosophical ideas and presuppositions of Ali Harb, one of the Lebanese deconstructive thinkers whose philosophical approach is mostly influenced by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. In his philosophical journey and after benefiting from the philosophical ideas of the West as well as some Arab thinkers, Harb tried to find a way out for the confrontation between the Islamic world and the West by combining some achievements of Western thought and local traditions. In this way, he finally provides solutions under the title of transformative logic and synthetized reason, which are explained and analyzed in this research.