Anbar University Journal of Languages & Literature

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to establish the term Problematic. A group of contemporary theorists claims that Habermas invented this term in the 1960s. Arab critics used this term but differed on its translation. They mostly forgot that this term has deep roots in Arabic heritage, notably Arabic rhetoric. These reasons led together to write this paper in order to give this term its due of study and to put an end to the chaos and ambiguity which resulted from misunderstanding its meaning and mistranslating it into Arabic.