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xiii, 418 pages : 23 cm The Middle East: An Anthropological Approach presents a cogent analysis of the great impact economic and political change imposes on the Middle East. Socio-political complexities inherent to this highly volatile region are thoroughly emphasized: political and religious authority; communal, national, and religious loyalties; family and personal ties shaping Middle Eastern societies and cultures. -- Back cover Includes bibliographical references and indexes Anthropology and the Middle East -- Intellectual predecessors : East and West -- Village and community -- Pastoral nomadism -- Cities in their place -- What is a tribe? -- Personal and family relationships -- Change in practical ideologies : self, gender, and ethnicity -- The cultural order of complex societies -- Islam and the "religions of the book" -- State authority and society

Author

Eickelman, Dale F., 1942- author

Publisher

Prentice Hall College Div

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780135822890

Subjects

Sociology, Anthropology, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24