Tribalism in the Middle East
A Useful Prism for Understanding the Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoav Alon (0000-0003-1432-3057, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 477-481 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743821000787 |
| OpenAlex | W3199542018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
Despite entrenched views about tribes and tribalism as premodern phenomena, this form of social organization and identity is relevant today no less than in the past; in some cases, it is even more relevant. Even without exact statistics, one can safely assert that a large proportion of the Middle East's inhabitants belong to a tribe and adhere to tribal social norms and cultural values. Whereas tribe and tribalism in English have somewhat negative connotations—they refer to divisiveness, rivalries, sectarianism, and favoritism—in the Middle East the term tribe is used as a matter of fact, a part of reality. It has equivalents in the local languages ( ‘ashīra , qabīla, ṭā’ifa ) and a long history, from the days before the emergence of Islam in the 7th century. It is a term used by local people, usually in a positive rather than a pejorative way; people are proud of their tribes and see them as building blocks of their societies
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Islam · Middle East · Pejorative · Political science · Politics · Sectarianism · Sociology · Tribalism · Tribe · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
The Conflict of tribe and state in Iran and Afghanistan
Tribes and state formation in the Middle East
State and Tribes in Syria
Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination
Kuwait Primary (Tribal) Elections 1975–2008
The tribal shaykh, French tribal policy, and the nationalist movement in Syria between two world wars
Over-stating the Arab state
Sheikh and Pasha
Ever a Guest in Our House”
The Uneven Age of Speed
The Tribal System in the Face of the State-Formation Process
Neo-Tribalism in Iraq
Seeking Justice
Civil Society, Tribal Process, and Change in Jordan
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |