Vol. 4 No. 015 (2016): Issue 015

غلاف العدد 15 من دورية عمران

Issue 15 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Winter 2016) includes the following studies and articles: “Tribalism - A Twenty-first Century Anachronism?” (Richard Tapper); “About the Tribe: A Reality with Changeable Dimensions” (Mohamed Tozy); “Algeria: Tribe as a Political Horizon” (Yazid Ben Hounet); “The Tribe in Gulf Contemporary Political Concepts: The Kuwait Example” (Yacoub Yousef Alkandari); “Tribes, Tribalism, and Political Identity in Contemporary Syria” (Dawn Chatty); “Iraqi Tribes in the Land of Jihad” (Hosham Dawod); “Rehabilitating Research on the Arab World: ‘Tribe’ as Habitus”; “The Debate on University, Citizenship and Democracy” (Azmi Bishara); “A Tribute to the Icon of Moroccan Sociology Fatima Mernissi” (Rachid Jarmouni); “Community, Society, Culture: Three Keys to Understanding Today’s Conflicted Identities” (Maurice Godelier); “Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination by Nigel C. Gibson, translated by Khaled Ayed Abu Hdeib” (Ahmad Jassem al-Hussein); “Arab Research and Knowledge Society: A New Critical Perspective by Sari Hanafi and Rigas Arvanitis” (Hamid al-Hashimi); “The Moral Avenue to Defend Capitalism” (Mustapha Ait Kharouach).

Published: 2016-01-01

Studies

  • The Debate on University, Citizenship and Democracy

    Author: Azmi Bishara (Author)
    133-148

    In this essay, Bishara explores the relationship between university education and democratic culture. Moving beyond the relationship between the two – that is the ratio of the number of educated...

Special Dossier

  • Tribalism - A Twenty-first Century Anachronism?

    Author: Richard Tapper (Author)
    9-22

    Anyone who follows Middle Eastern politics today is aware that tribes and tribalism still play an important role in many countries. Half a century ago, few would have anticipated this. But are...

  • About the Tribe: A Reality with Changeable Dimensions

    Author: Mohamed Tozy (Author)
    23-40

    This paper examines the relevance of the tribe in contemporary Moroccan reality based on three recent fieldwork examples. Looking at the development of pasturage in the high plateaus of Eastern...

  • Algeria: Tribe as a Political Horizon

    Author: Yazid Ben Hounet (Author)
    41-50

    The honorary president of the Algerian League for the defense of human rights, Yahia Ali Abdelnour pointed out, in 2011, in the independent daily paper El Watan, the necessity of an in depth...

  • The Tribe in Gulf Contemporary Political Concepts: The Kuwait Example

    Author: Yacoub Yousef Alkandari (Author)
    51-80

    This study asks whether it is possible to read politics in Gulf society in general and Kuwaiti society in particular without the need to consider the tribe and concepts of the tribe that make up...

  • Tribes, Tribalism, and Political Identity in Contemporary Syria

    Author: Dawn Chatty (Author)
    81-96

    The substantive and conceptual understandings of tribes and the notions of tribalism in the contemporary Middle East have been multifaceted and undergone significant changes over the past...

  • Iraqi Tribes in the Land of Jihad

    Author: Hosham Dawod (Author)
    97-112

    What social and political frameworks does the term ‘tribe’ conjure in contemporary societies undergoing conflict at the local, regional, and at times international level? The Arab Spring led...

  • Rehabilitating Research on the Arab World: ‘Tribe’ as Habitus

    Author: مولدي الأحمر (Author)
    113-132

    This study looks at the fields of anthropology and sociology, and their use of the tribe as a concept, as well as the research assumptions that undergird contemporary work on the Arab situation....

Discussions

  • A Tribute to the Icon of Moroccan Sociology Fatima Mernissi

    Author: Rachid Jarmouni (Author)
    167-170

    This paper is dedicated to the memory of Fatima Mernissi, whose death is a tragic loss to Moroccan social science. The paper is only the preparatory work for a more in-depth study of the...

Translation

  • Community, Society, Culture: Three Keys to Understanding Today’s Conflicted Identities

    Author: Maurice Godelier (Author)
    151-164

    This paper first attempts to define the concept of tribe and ethnic entity in order to demonstrate the radical difference between “local community” and “society” –two terminologies frequently...

Book Reviews

  • Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination by Nigel C. Gibson, translated by Khaled Ayed Abu Hdeib

    Author: Ahmad Jassem al-Hussein (Author)
    171-180

    Book title: Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination Author: Nigel C. Gibson Translation: Khaled Ayed Abu Hdeib Place of publication: Beirut Publisher: ACRPS Date of publication: 2013 Number of...

  • Arab Research and Knowledge Society: A New Critical Perspective by Sari Hanafi and Rigas Arvanitis

    Author: Hamid al-Hashimi (Author)
    181-186

    Book title: Arab Research and Knowledge Society: A New Critical Perspective Author: Sari Hanafi and Rigas Arvanitis Place of publication: Beirut Publisher: Center for Arab Unity Studies Date of...

  • The Moral Avenue to Defend Capitalism

    Author: Mustapha Ait Kharouach (Author)
    187-194

    Book title: The Morality of Capitalism Author: Tom G. Palmer Translation: Mohammed Fathi Khidr Place of publication: Cairo Publisher: Dar Kalimat Arabiya Littarjama wan Nashr Date of...