The Middle East and Central Asia : an anthropological approach

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The Middle East and Central Asia : an anthropological approach

Dale F. Eickelman

Prentice Hall, c1998

3rd ed

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Rev. ed of: The Middle East. 2nd ed. c1989

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Based on a synthesis of the extensive research of Middle Eastern and Western scholars, this lively anthropological introduction to the Middle East and Central Asia explores the socio-political complexities of the those regions and introduces students to the questions that have been, and are being, developed by scholars and writers concerned with the two regions.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Anthropology, the Middle East, and Central Asia. 2. Intellectual Predecessors: East and West. II. LOCATION: REGIONS, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY. 3. Village and Community. 4. Pastoral Nomadism. 5. Cities in Their Place. III. CONSTRUCTED MEANINGS. 6. What Is a Tribe? 7. Personal and Family Relationships. 8. Change in Practical Ideologies: Self, Gender, and Ethnicity. 9. The Cultural Order of Complex Societies. IV. RELIGION AND EXPERIENCE. 10. Islam and the 'Religions of the Book.' V. THE SHAPE OF CHANGE. 11. State Authority and Society. Glossary. Index.

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