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000351442 1001_ $$aSalzman, Philip Carl.
000351442 24510 $$aCulture and conflict in the Middle East /$$cPhilip Carl Salzman.
000351442 260__ $$aAmherst, N.Y. :$$bHumanity Books,$$c2008.
000351442 300__ $$a224 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000351442 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000351442 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Making a living in the Middle East : life in the valleys, deserts, and mountains -- Friends and enemies : security and defense in the Middle East -- Defense and offense : honor and rank in the Middle East -- Turning toward the world : tribal organization and predatory expansion -- Tribe and state : the dynamics of incompatibility -- Root causes : the Middle East today and tomorrow.
000351442 5201_ $$a"Why is the Middle East so troubled? What are the reasons for its relentless conflicts? In a land of ancient civilizations, literary cultures, and conquering empires, today we find fragmented societies, despotic governments, and widespread human misery. How can we explain these unfortunate facts? In this volume, cultural anthropologist Philip Carl Salzman exposes the determining influence of the foundational culture in the central Middle East: Bedonin tribal culture. Drawing on his own research among nomadic tribes and on the work of other anthropologists who have lived with the Bedonin, Salzman describes the structures and dynamics of the tribal life on which the Islamic Arab Empire and the modern Middle East were built. Most basic is the opposition between kin groups and tribal groups, and the obligation always to support the closer relations against the more distant. Islam itself reflects the contentious fragmentation of tribal life in pitting believers against infidel non-Muslims. Thus we discover that, in Middle Eastern culture, group loyalty is all, and precludes both a broad inclusive civility and the rule of law." "Wide-ranging while grounded in observed evidence, Culture and Conflict in the Middle East is an original analysis and an illuminating overview. Sympathetic to Middle Easterners, it identifies the basis of their troubles and our troubles with them. This is an indispensable volume for anyone wishing to understand the contemporary Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.
000351442 650_0 $$aConflict management$$zMiddle East.
000351442 650_0 $$aNational security$$zMiddle East.
000351442 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xCivilization.
000351442 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xSocial conditions.
000351442 85200 $$bgen$$hDS57$$i.S286$$i2008
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