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| Titre : | The Arab world : society, culture, and State |
| Auteurs : | Halim Barakat, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Berkeley; Los Angeles [USA] : University of California Press, 1993 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-520-07907-6 |
| Format : | XIII-348 p. / bibliographie, index / 24 cm |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | OI/D (Histoire des Arabes) |
| Note de contenu : |
PART ONE: ARAB IDENTITY AND ISSUES OF DIVERSITY AND INTEGRATION: OUT OF MANY, ONE 1- Social and Political Integration: Alternative Visions of the Future / Historical Context / Conclusion 2- Arab Society: Basic Characteristic Features / A Critical Approach: Some Methodological Observations / Some Characteristic Features of Arab Society / Basics of the Physical Setting, Demography, and Ecology / Conclusion 3- Arab Identity: E pluribus unum / The Arab Sense of Belonging / Shared Culture and Its Variations / The Place of Arabs in History and Their Common Experiences / Shared Economic Interests / External Challenges and Political Unity / Conclusion 4- The Continuity of Old Cleavages: Tribe, Village, City / The Bedouin Way of Life / The Peasantry and the Village / The City: Urbanization of Society / Nature of the Relationships between Tribe, Village, and City / Conclusion PART TWO: SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS: OUT OF ONE, MANY 5- Social Classes: Beyond the Mosaic Model / The Emerging Arab Economic Order / Bases of Class Distinction and Formation / Basic Classes in Contemporary Arab Society / Class Relations: Class Consciousness and Class Struggle / Conclusion 6- The Arab Family and the Challenge of Change / The Basic Characteristics of the Arab Family / Marriage and Divorce Patterns / The Family and Society / Conclusion 7- Religion in Society / The Sociology of Islam / The Social Origins of Religion / Religion and Sect / Official versus Folk or Popular Religion / Religions as Mechanisms of Control, Instigation, and Reconciliation / The Interrelationship between Religion and Other Social Institutions / Religion and the State—Secularism versus Theocracy / Alienation from and in Religion / Religion and Change: Transformation or Conformity? / Conclusion 8- Arab Politics: Its Social Context / The Starting Point of Analysis / The Politics of the Traditional Urban Big Bourgeoisie / The Politics of the Intermediate National Bourgeoisie: Western Liberalism, Nationalism, Arab Socialism, and Religious Fundamentalism / The Working Classes and the Left / The Authoritarian Nature of the Arab Systems / Conclusion: The Crisis of Civil Society PART THREE: THE DYNAMICS OF ARAB CULTURE 9- National Character and Value Orientations / The Question of National Character / Arab Value Orientations / Conclusion 10- Creative Expression: Society and Literary Orientations / Orientations in Arabic Literature / Novels of Reconciliation / Novels of Exposure / Novels of Revolutionary Change / Conclusion 11- Arab Thought: Problems of Renewal, Modernity, and Transformation / Arab Thought in the Formative Period (1850—1914) / Arab Thought and the Struggle for National Independence (1918-1945) / Independence and Postindependence, 1945-1992: Researching the Roots of Disaster / Conclusion PART FOUR: THE CRISIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY APPROACHING THE HORIZON OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 12- Conclusion / Visions for the Future |
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