The Middle East

Auteur :

Éditeur : New York University Press	Date & Lieu : 1981, New York
Préface :	Pages : 336
Traduction :	ISBN : 0-13-581629-7
Langue : Anglais	Format : 150x230 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Eng. Eic. Mid. N°1315	Thème : Général

Présentation	Table des Matières	Introduction	Identité	PDF
The Middle East Dale F. Eickelman New York University What did scholars learn about the Middle East from late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century explorations? How does Islam affect political and social life? How do the society and family life of tribes and towns accommodate to modern traditions? How do earlier cities compare with those of today? The answers to these probing questions illustrate the topics discussed in The Middle East: An Anthropological Approach. This introduction to the Middle East is based on the author’s Middle Eastern anthropology series for CBS-TV’s “Sunrise Semester.” The material focuses on the contribution which the study of the Middle East is making to the main currents of anthropology, “especially those,” as the author explains, “which relate to the analysis of complex societies.” Part I —Introduction offers some practical assumptions concerning how the Middle East has been understood in the past; Part II interprets the present and how Middle Easterners see their society and culture; Part [II is concerned with Islam and religious experience; and Part IV assesses the impact of political and economic change. The book is written for the general reader as well as the student. It deals with inquiry and discovery rather than a review of the literature.


Identité
Dale F. Eickelman The Middle East An Anthropological Approach New York University New York University The Middle East An Anthropological Approach Dale F. Eickelman Prentice-hall, inc. Englewood cliffs, New Jersey 07632 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Eickelman, Dale F (date) The Middle East Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Ethnology-Near East. 2. Ethnology-Africa, North. 3. Near East—Social life and customs. 4. Africa, North—Social life and customs. I. Title. GN63S.N42E38 / 956 / 80-19547 ISBN 0-13-581629-7 Editorial/production supervision and interior design by Linda Schuman Cover design by Edsal Enterprises Manufacturing buyer: Edmund W. Leone Prentice-Hall Series in Anthropology David M. Schneider, Editor ©1981 by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 Prentice-Hall International, Inc., London Prentice-Hall of Australia Pty. Limited, Sydney Prentice-Hall of Canada, Ltd., Toronto Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi Prentice-Hall of Japan, Inc., Tokyo Prentice-Hall of Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore Whitehall Books Limited, Wellington, New Zealand