Arab ideology betwen alienation and the problem of employement

Abstract

This essay is an attempt to understand and analyze the problem of employing Arab ideology
as expressed in Arab thought, and aims to re-read that employment based on the theory of
cultural interpretation of Paul Ricoeur and Clifford Geertz, which bind ideology with the
symbolism of social action in particular and the symbols of culture prevalent in society in
general. On this basis, Ricoeur's ideology takes three basic functions: the function of
integrating individuals into the identity of the nation by linking their social consciousness
with the events of their founding, the function of distorting and hiding reality. Finally, the
function of justifying the legitimacy of political power. This proposal contradicts Arab
ideological reality, which has not yet made its ideology. We can say with Al-Arawi that Arabs
are ideologically alienated, because the Arab ideology lacks self-expression, reality and hope,
which requires rebuilding other appropriate ideologies and re-evaluating its functions.