ISBN:
978-0-13-033678-1
,
0-13-033678-5
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 384 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
Fourth edition, [reprinted]
Keywords:
Zentral-Australien Nordafrika
;
Mittlerer Osten
;
Ägypten
;
Iran
;
Irak
;
Kuwait
;
Marokko
;
Oman
;
Tunesien
;
Türkei
;
Usbekistan
;
Saudi-Arabien
;
Soziales Leben
;
Wahrnehmung
;
Dorfgemeinschaft
;
Stammesgesellschaft
;
Verwandtschaftssystem
;
Nomadismus
;
Viehhalter
;
Viehhaltung
;
Urbanisation
;
Islam
;
Sufismus
;
Kolonialismus
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Russland
;
Sowjet-Union
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Organisation
;
Frau
;
Frau und Islam
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Recht, modernes
;
Recht, islamisches
Abstract:
Based on a synthesis of the extensive research of Middle Eastern and Western scholars, and the author's own research, this lively anthropological introduction to the Middle East and Central Asia explores the socio-political complexities of those regions and introduces students to the questions that have been, and are being, developed by scholars and writers concerned with the two regions.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I. Introduction. 1. Anthropology, The Middle East, and Central Asia -- 2. Intellectual predecessors: East and West -- Part II. Locations: region, economy, and Society -- 3. Village and community -- 4. Pastoral nomadism -- 5. Cities in their place -- Part 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 -- Part IV. Religion and experience -- 10. Islam and the "religions of the book" -- 11. State authority and society -- Appendix: Internet Resources for the Middle East and Central Asia -- Glossary -- Index
Note:
Literaturangaben; Previous editions: 1998, 1989, 1981
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