Reconsidering Al-Sarihi's Temptation of the Name: A Biography of Coffee and the Discourse of Prohibition from Cultural Discourse Analysis

Abstract

This article aims to reconsider Al-Sarihi's Temptation of the Name: A Biography of Coffee and the Discourse of Prohibition (2011) from a cultural discourse analysis. The analytical research approach in literature research is one of the most scientific methods that researchers use in studying the contents of literary research, which shows that there is a strong relationship between this approach and the contents of literary research. The results demonstrate that Al-Sarihi's Temptation of the Name: A Biography of Coffee and the Discourse of Prohibition has a specific aim represented by reading the discourse in a profound and philosophical reading, which is embodied by drawing inspiration from the spirit of the Foucauldian reading of the discourse. Given the said results, key recommendations are also incorporated into the current article.