Fundamental epistemological and critical theoretical approaches in cultural studies by analyzing and presenting a set of key concepts in this field. An introduction to a set of approaches that emerge in the context of the vast literature of criticism. Most importantly, the concept of critique and its translation into Arabic under the category of "criticism" shall be an initial focus, including exploring its Marxist modifications, as well as presenting the politics of recognition and its many conceptual formations. Through this general mapping, concepts around which contemporary intellectual debates revolve will also be taken into consideration; namely, identity, culture, lived experience and race. Facets will be examined through the founding works in the field of cultural studies and critical analysis of contemporary epistemological, social, and cultural issues, such as the works of; Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno, Benjamin, Gramsci, Fanon, Said, Al-Khatibi, Laroui, Amel, Butler and others.
