Vol. 6 No. 023 (2018): Issue 023

غلاف العدد 23 من دورية عمران

Issue 23 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Winter 2018) includes the following studies and articles: “Sects and Sectarianism: from the Word and its Implications to the Analytical Sociological Term” (Azmi Bishara); “A Historical Sociology Approach to Understanding Post-Revolution Disagreement in the Arab Countries” (Raymond Hinnebusch); “Revolution and the History of the Margins in Egypt: An Attempt in Historical Sociology (Thailand as a Comparative Case Study)” (Hani Awad); “Family Violence in Male Narratives: Results and Implications” (Azza Charara Baydoun); “Socio-Anthropological Debate on the Contribution of Women to the Reproduction of Patriarchy” (Khalid Chahbar); “Study of the Vulnerable Middle Class in Morocco: A New Approach” (Saadeddine Igamane); “Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Critical Review” (Samir Seifan); “Fifty Years of Post-Colonial Sociology in Maghreb” (Tayeb Chenntouf); “Social Sciences in the Arab World: Forms of Presence - A Primary Reading in the First Arab Social Sciences Report” (Mohamed Saadi); “Committing Suicide by Self-immolation among Unemployed Tunisian Youth” (Elmehdi Lahmamed); “On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992” (Nassir Mrouwwa).

Published: 2018-01-01
Issue totals: 414 views 634 downloads 3 citations

Studies

  • Sects and Sectarianism: from the Word and its Implications to the Analytical Sociological Term

    Cited once 46 views 71 downloads
    Author: Azmi Bishara
    7-25

    This article - a chapter from the author’s upcoming book on sectarianism - attempts to build fundamental conceptual idiomatic distinctions between the intertwined meanings of the words: sect,...

  • A Historical Sociology Approach to Understanding Post-Revolution Disagreement in the Arab Countries

    39 views 54 downloads
    Author: Raymond Hinnebusch
    27-50

    This study explores historical sociology approaches that seek to understand the processes of state formation in the Middle East and North Africa, in order to define the parameters that influence...

  • Revolution and the History of the Margins in Egypt: An Attempt in Historical Sociology (Thailand as a Comparative Case Study)

    Cited once 40 views 55 downloads
    Author: Hani Awad
    51-82

    This paper uses the tools of historical sociology to understand the formation of the authoritarian elites in Egypt. It does this by exploring the historical relation between the modern state in...

  • Family Violence in Male Narratives: Results and Implications

    32 views 60 downloads
    Author: Azza Charara Baydoun
    83-102

    This paper was conducted within the framework of a recent strategy by Lebanese women organizations to engage men in efforts to combat family gender-based violence. Through this study, the author...

  • Socio-Anthropological Debate on the Contribution of Women to the Reproduction of Patriarchy

    36 views 52 downloads
    Author: Khalid Chahbar
    103-128

    This article highlights an important aspect of the theoretical debate on the contribution of women to the reproduction of male domination within the work of three researchers - Maurice Godelier,...

Discussions

  • Study of the Vulnerable Middle Class in Morocco: A New Approach

    35 views 54 downloads
    Author: Saadeddine Igamane
    161-172

    This study takes a new perspective to analyze the concept of the middle class that is, using the concept of occupational vulnerability. This perspective disagrees with many studies that sought...

  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Critical Review

    Cited once 38 views 67 downloads
    Author: Samir Seifan
    173-185

    The author discusses Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, a book exploring the dynamics of capital, wealth and income and their trajectory in select advanced countries. Piketty...

Translation

  • Fifty Years of Post-Colonial Sociology in Maghreb

    32 views 48 downloads
    Author: Tayeb Chenntouf
    131-157

    Chenntouf tracks the evolution of sociology in the Maghreb during 50 years, by focusing on three aspects important to historical sociology: institutions specialized in the production of...

Book Reviews

  • Committing Suicide by Self-immolation among Unemployed Tunisian Youth

    37 views 63 downloads
    Author: Elmehdi Lahmamed
    189-196

    Author: Donia Remili. Original Title: Le suicide par auto-immolation chez les chômeurs tunisiens. Place of Publication: Tunisia. Publisher: Arabesques Editions. Date of Publication: 2016. Number...

  • On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992

    45 views 64 downloads
    Author: Nassir Mrouwwa
    197-205

    Author: Pierre Bourdieu. Translator: Nassir Mrouwwa. Original Title: Sur l'Etat. Cours au Collège de France (1989-1992). Place of Publication: Beirut/ Doha. Publisher: Arab Center for Research...

Reports

  • Social Sciences in the Arab World: Forms of Presence - A Primary Reading in the First Arab Social Sciences Report

    34 views 46 downloads
    Author: Mohamed Saadi
    209-216

    The current report issued by The Arab Council for the Social Sciences purports to evaluate the state of social sciences and prospects in the Arab world. It also pledges to be a platform and a...