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050 00 $aDS57$b.S286 2008
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100 1 $aSalzman, Philip Carl.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017471
245 10 $aCulture and conflict in the Middle East /$cPhilip Carl Salzman.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bHumanity Books,$c2008.
300 $a224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tIntroduction -- $gCh. 2.$tMaking a Living in the Middle East: Life in the Valleys, Deserts, and Mountains -- $gCh. 3.$tFriends and Enemies: Security and Defense in the Middle East -- $gCh. 4.$tDefense and Offense: Honor and Rank in the Middle East -- $gCh. 5.$tTurning toward the World: Tribal Organization and Predatory Expansion -- $gCh. 6.$tTribe and State: The Dynamics of Incompatibility -- $gCh. 7.$tRoot Causes: The Middle East Today and Tomorrow.
520 1 $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.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xCivilization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090502
651 0 $aMiddle East$xSocial conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115879
650 0 $aConflict management$zMiddle East.
650 0 $aNational security$zMiddle East.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108246
852 00 $boff,leh$hDS57$i.S286 2008