Middle East and Central Asia An Anthropological Approach

Name: Middle East and Central Asia An Anthropological Approach
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ISBN: 9780130336781

ISBN-10: 0130336785

ISBN-13: 9780130336781

Edition: 4th 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Dale F. Eickelman

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For junior/senior-level courses in Anthropology, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, International Relations, Middle East Studies, and Islamic Studies. 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.

Book details

List price: $112.40
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Robert J. Shiller is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University. Also the author of the award-winning "Macro Markets" as well as "Market Volatility", he lives in New Haven, Connecticut.




Introduction



Anthropology, the Middle East, and Central Asia



Intellectual Predecessors: East and West



Locations: Region, Economy, and Society



Village and Community



Pastoral Nomadism



Cities in Their Place



Constructed Meanings



What Is a Tribe?



Personal and Family Relationships



Change in Practical Ideologies: Self, Gender, and Ethnicity



The Cultural Order of Complex Societies



Religion and Experience



Islam and the "Religions of the Book"



The Shape of Change



State Authority and Society


Appendix: Internet Resources for the Middle East and Central Asia


Glossary


Index