Sociology of the Middle East : : a stocktaking and interpretation /

Sociology of the Middle East : : a stocktaking and interpretation / / by C. A. O. Van Nieuwenhuijze.

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Superior document:Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; Volume I
VerfasserIn:
Nieuwenhuijze, C. A. O. van 1920-2011,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1971]
©1971
Year of Publication:1971
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; Volume I.
Physical Description:1 online resource (848 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Survey of Maps and Tables
  • Foreword
  • I. General Introduction
  • Enter: the sociology of the Middle East
  • General sociological theory and the specificity of cultures
  • The Middle East as a culture area
  • A note on terminology
  • PART ONE FEATURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS A REGION AND AS A CULTURE AREA
  • II. Ecology: The Middle East as a Region
  • Introduction
  • Natural setting
  • Communications
  • Resources
  • Human densities
  • The man-land relationship
  • Tables
  • III. History: the Middle East as a Culture Area
  • Cultural determinants
  • Languages
  • Centres of gravitation
  • PART TWO A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF SUB-AREAS
  • IV. Introduction to Part Two
  • V. The Fertile Crescent
  • Introduction
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Lebanon
  • Jordan
  • Israel
  • The Kurds
  • VI. Egypt
  • VII. The Arabian Peninsula
  • VIII. The Iranian Plateau
  • Iran
  • Afghanistan
  • IX. Turkey
  • X. North-Africa
  • The Maghrib
  • Libya
  • PART THREE DIMENSIONS OF MORPHOLOGY
  • XI. Units of Common Living
  • Introductory remarks
  • The family
  • Tribal society
  • The village
  • The city
  • Empire
  • The community of Islam
  • The state-nation
  • Associations
  • XII. Culture Units
  • Introductory remarks
  • The culture majority
  • Minorities
  • XIII. Categories by Mutual Differentiation
  • Introductory remarks
  • Basic concepts
  • Intermediate categories
  • The commoners
  • The top
  • A category aside: woman
  • An emergent category: youth
  • Dual factions
  • PART FOUR MODALITIES OF CONTINUITY
  • XIV. Cohesion and Persistence
  • The perception of social order
  • social control
  • security
  • Authority
  • The military
  • Public affairs and participation
  • XV. The Current Appearance of Change
  • The perception of change
  • The upsurge of ideology
  • Development goals
  • Prospects
  • Index
  • Maps.

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