The Emergence Of States In A Tribal Society

Author : Uzi Rabi
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 184519473X

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The Emergence of States in a Tribal Society by Uzi Rabi Pdf

The Emergence of States in a Tribal Society - now in paperback - reassesses the reign of Sa'id bin Taymur, who was deposed by his son, Qabus bin Sa'id, in a coup in July 1970. Contemporary historiography of the period of Sa'id's rule (1932-1970) views Oman as medieval and isolationist, whereas Qabus' later government is seen as progressive and enlightened, with his ascendancy to the throne often described as the "rebirth of Oman" from its "medieval slumber" into a thriving and prosperous sultanate. This study refutes the prevailing view that Sa'id's four-decade reign should be perceived as a place where time stood still. The author offers a critical look at the economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of Oman during the reign of Sa'id bin Taymur. The book mainly focuses on tribe-state relations, emphasizing their dynamic interaction, with particular attention paid to the relationships between the tribal groups. It reinterprets a significant time in the modern history of the Arabian Peninsula and pre-oil societies.

Author : Ronald M. Glassman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1736 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319516950

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The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States by Ronald M. Glassman Pdf

This four-part work describes and analyses democracy and despotism in tribes, city-states, and nation states. The theoretical framework used in this work combines Weberian, Aristotelian, evolutionary anthropological, and feminist theories in a comparative-historical context. The dual nature of humans, as both an animal and a consciously aware being, underpins the analysis presented. Part One covers tribes. It uses anthropological literature to describe the “campfire democracy” of the African Bushmen, the Pygmies, and other band societies. Its main focus is on the tribal democracy of the Cheyenne, Iroquois, Huron, and other tribes, and it pays special attention to the role of women in tribal democracies. Part Two describes the city-states of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Canaan-Phoenicia, and includes a section on the theocracy of the Jews. This part focuses on the transition from tribal democracy to city-state democracy in the ancient Middle East – from the Sumerian city-states to the Phoenician. Part Three focuses on the origins of democracy and covers Greece—Mycenaean, Dorian, and the Golden Age. It presents a detailed description of the tribal democracy of Archaic Greece – emphasizing the causal effect of the hoplite-phalanx military formation in egalitarianizing Greek tribal society. Next, it analyses the transition from tribal to city-state democracy—with the new commercial classes engendering the oligarchic and democratic conflicts described by Plato and Aristotle. Part Four describes the Norse tribes as they contacted Rome, the rise of kingships, the renaissance of the city-states, and the parliamentary monarchies of the emerging nation-states. It provides details of the rise of commercial city states in Renaissance Italy, Hanseatic Germany and the Netherlands.

Author : Philip Shukry Khoury,Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0520070801

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Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East by Philip Shukry Khoury,Joseph Kostiner Pdf

Offering a fuller understanding of the complexities and particular patterns of state formation in regions where tribes have exercised a significant influence, this volume focuses on the continuing existence of tribal structures and systems in contemporary times, within contemporary nation-states. The contributors offer hypotheses as to why these groups have managed to survive and what impact they have had on modern states ... --backcover.

Author : Uzi Rabi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0190264926

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Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East by Uzi Rabi Pdf

At the outset of the twenty-first century and in the midst of the Arab Spring, tribe-state relations are a useful frame of reference through which to analyze the Middle East on a state-by-state basis. Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East looks beyond the dichotomy between tribe and state. Its central theme is the role of tribes and tribalism in state politics, society, and identity, as demonstrated in case studies from the Arab East (mashriq). The book is a comparative endeavour that seeks to address questions related to the interplay between tribal organizations and state institutions, tribal solidarity and nationalism, and tribal power and the centralized government. It further discusses the impact and role of tribal polities in modern states in times of regional and national turmoil.

Author : William A. Parkinson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789201710

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The Archaeology of Tribal Societies by William A. Parkinson Pdf

Anthropological archaeologists have long attempted to develop models that will let them better understand the evolution of human social organization. In our search to understand how chiefdoms and states evolve, and how those societies differ from egalitarian 'bands', we have neglected to develop models that will aid the understanding of the wide range of variability that exists between them. This volume attempts to fill this gap by exploring social organization in tribal - or 'autonomous village' - societies from several different ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological contexts - from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period in the Near East to the contemporary Jivaro of Amazonia.

Author : Virginius Xaxa
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : India
ISBN : 8131721221

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State, Society, and Tribes by Virginius Xaxa Pdf

Author : James Worrall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786723826

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Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman by James Worrall Pdf

In the depths of the Cold War and in the wake of Britain's announcement of its intention to withdraw 'East of Suez' by the end of 1971, Britain was faced with the stark reality of a Marxist rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman. This rebellion, whose explicit aim was to 'liberate' the oil-rich Gulf region, confronted the British with the challenge of securing a political order in Oman conducive to protecting Britain's remaining interests in the midst of its military withdrawal from the region. 'State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman' offers a nuanced picture of Britain's response to the challenges posed by this withdrawal, through an examination the complex Anglo-Omani relationship at this vital juncture in Middle East and Imperial History. James Worrall offers an examination of how officials in London and the Gulf defined British interests in Oman, and the debates that raged throughout Whitehall, under the successive governments led by Wilson and Heath, about how to best tackle the growing insurgency in Oman. The means by which this challenge was to be met (including the extent of both overt and covert support for the Sultan) in the post-Suez era, posed a number of challenges for decision-makers in Whitehall. The military, economic and diplomatic assistance given to the Omani government to re-establish Sultanate control and crush the rebellion in Dhofar is thus analysed within the context of a complex balancing act, as British politicians and officials tried to reconcile their attempts to create effective and centralised Omani administration and security bodies whilst maintaining the image of strategic withdrawal and the sovereign independence of Oman. Drawing extensively from newly released archival records and interviews with former officials and high-ranking officers, this book provides a systematic re-examination of the Anglo-Omani relationship during the critical years of Oman's transformation into a modern state. It will therefore provide vital information and analysis for students and researchers of Middle East History and Politics, the decline and end of empire and the policymaking processes at the heart of an imperial and military withdrawal.

Author : Max Gluckman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351498159

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Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society by Max Gluckman Pdf

What can we learn from tribal societies about the ways in which, in a variety of social settings, groups of men resolve their conflicts with other men? In order to answer this question, Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society compares nearly forty case study societies, most of them in Africa, in their reconstructed pre-colonial tribal condition, comparing their small-scale social relations to their large-scale social context. At the outset Gluckman explains to the reader that custom is the focus of interest of all types of anthropology. Yet his approach manifests a strong interest in economy, politics, and social relationships.In the volume, Max Gluckman offers a succinct version of a lifetime of opinionated analysis. This material is organized by theme and the ethnographic examples appear as brief illustrations of theoretical questions. Discussed here also is the relation between disputes and struggles for power within the context of mechanisms of social control and stability.In addition, Gluckman presents a step-by-step survey of the cumulative development of the anthropological analysis of tribal institutions, from the nineteenth century to the present, and supports the argument that anthropology is a science rather than an art. The new masterful introduction by Sally Falk Moore, along with a new postscript of Gluckman's professional activities and publications, provides newcomers to the work of Gluckman with deep insights into the contents as well as contexts within which the great anthropologist worked.

Author : Dean Howard Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742504107

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Modern Tribal Development by Dean Howard Smith Pdf

First Nations people know that a tribe must have control over its resources and sustain its identity as a distinct civilization for economic development to make sense. With an integrated approach to tribal societies that defines development as a means to the end of sustaining tribal character, Dean Howard Smith offers both conceptual and practical tools for making self-determination and self-sufficiency a reality for Native American Nations. Smith draws from his extensive experience as a consultant, teacher, and instructor to offer a wide variety of detailed case studies, and readers will learn from both successful and failed development initiatives. While focused on the United States, his work will be applicable for indigenous peoples in many parts of the world.

Author : Abraham Mathew (Social activist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Tribes
ISBN : 9389404053

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Development of Tribal Society by Abraham Mathew (Social activist) Pdf

Author : Robert Harry Lowie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Primitive societies
ISBN : UCSC:32106001149324

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The Origin of the State by Robert Harry Lowie Pdf

Author : Abdullah Hamidaddin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755644261

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The Huthi Movement in Yemen by Abdullah Hamidaddin Pdf

The Huthi rebels in Yemen are a resistance movement going back decades. Their revolution against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2015-and the subsequent proxy war between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Huthis-has brought absolute devastation to the country. But who are the Huthis and how can we understand the group away from armed conflict and war? What has motivated their social movement to fundamentally re-shape Yemen, and what are the group's local and regional ambitions? This book provides the first comprehensive critical analysis dedicated to the Huthis. Across four parts and 17 chapters, the book examines how the movement is challenging traditional religious authority, re-shaping tribal values and roles in Yemen, constructing new collective memories and identities, and infusing Yemen's mediascape with their ideological creed. In examining the movement's specific ways of thinking and beliefs, the book also highlights its foreign policy within a regional policy of resistance to the United States, and it points towards what its impact on both Yemen and the security of the Arab Gulf region will be. The book brings together the leading experts on Yemen from diverse disciplines to provide readers with a nuanced and multi-layered approach to understanding the Huthi movement.

Author : Nigel Ashford,Stephen Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415670463

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A Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought (Routledge Revivals) by Nigel Ashford,Stephen Davies Pdf

First published in 1991, this Routledge Revival reissues the first book to examine the ideals and arguments produced by the intellectual traditions of both conservatism and classical liberalism.

Author : David Sneath
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231511674

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The Headless State by David Sneath Pdf

In this groundbreaking work, social anthropologist David Sneath aggressively dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a new understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Since the colonial era, representations of Inner Asia have been dominated by images of fierce nomads organized into clans and tribes—but as Sneath reveals, these representations have no sound basis in historical fact. Rather, they are the product of nineteenth-century evolutionist social theory, which saw kinship as the organizing principle in a nonstate society. Sneath argues that aristocratic power and statelike processes of administration were the true organizers of life on the steppe. Rethinking the traditional dichotomy between state and nonstate societies, Sneath conceives of a "headless state" in which a configuration of statelike power was formed by the horizontal relations among power holders and was reproduced with or without an overarching ruler or central "head." In other words, almost all of the operations of state power existed at the local level, virtually independent of central bureaucratic authority. Sneath's research gives rise to an alternative picture of steppe life in which aristocrats determined the size, scale, and degree of centralization of political power. His history of the region shows no clear distinction between a highly centralized, stratified "state" society and an egalitarian, kin-based "tribal" society. Drawing on his extensive anthropological fieldwork in the region, Sneath persuasively challenges the legitimacy of the tribal model, which continues to distort scholarship on the history of Inner Asia.

Author : Abbas Kadhim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136959660

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Governance in the Middle East and North Africa by Abbas Kadhim Pdf

Governance in the Middle East is topic of interest to scholars, activists and policy makers. The currently proposed book is intended to present the first comprehensive framework of the question of governance in the Middle East in its various forms and manifestations: political, economic, and government performance.