The Closed Circle - David Pryce-Jones
An Interpretation of the Arabs
KORTE INHOUD
As the violence of the Middle East has come to America, many Westerners are stunned and confounded by this new form of mayhem that appears to be a feature of Arab societies. This important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and cultural traditions. David Pryce-Jones examines the forces which “drive the Arabs in their dealings with each other and with the West.” In the postwar world, he argues, the Arabs reverted to age-old tribal and kinship structures, from which they have been unable to escape. In tribal society, loyalty is extended to close kin and other members of the tribe. The successful nation-state―the model that Westerners understand―generates broader loyalties, but the tribal world has no institutions that have evolved by common consent for the general good. Those who seek power achieve it by plotting secretly and ruthlessly eliminating their rivals. In the Arab world, violence is systemic. "This is a healthy corrective, a thought-provoking study. And Mr. Pr...
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1990Uitgever: Harper Collins Publishers Stock Account480 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0586090150ISBN-13: 9780586090152Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Pryce-Jones, David] [Pagina's: 464] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Paladin Grafton Books] [Jaar: 1989] [Titel: The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs]
