Minorities and majorities in the Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4180923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elie Kedourie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 276-282 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975600004264 |
| OpenAlex | W2033224771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Minority and majority are correlative terms: to say the one necessarily implies the other.The notion of minority and majority has for a long time now been part of the Western political vocabulary. How did this happen ? It is a natural question to ask since neither the Latin words from which they are derived, i.e., minor and maior, nor their particular derivations in various European languages originally had a political bearing or implication. In English (and French) for instance minority and majority indicated simply the age of a person, having regard to issues of legal competence. A minor could not act in his own behalf. In due coursethe minor will be able so to act, and we then say that he has attained his majority
Ask price · Correlative · Linguistics · Minor (academic) · Minority rights · Political science · Politics · Vocabulary · African history and culture analysis · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |