Positive authority speech An analytical study through the book Reflections on Happiness and Positivity by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid

Abstract

This study discusses the authoritarian discourse and differentiates between the common concept of authority and the characteristics of the authoritarian discourse, and by presenting the most important features and characteristics of the discourse that power does not always represent the bad thing. As the authority was associated with cumulative knowledge, evidenced by the prevalent grievances of government; Therefore, the study provides a theoretical presentation to discuss this concept and then confirms this trend through an analytical presentation of some stylistic phenomena that indicate the creativity of discourse and its impact on the public in the book Reflections on Happiness and Positivity by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister and Ruler
of Dubai, may God preserve him. Let us affirm - in a practical way - a new and sophisticated concept in the power discourse, and conclude the research with some models of analysis for a number of senior state officials.Among the most important vocabulary of the research are: authority - discourse - happiness - positivity - reflections