The Animal Names Of The Arab Ancestors
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The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
Author | : William C. Young |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2024-02-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004690370 |
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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
Author | : William C Young |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2024-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004690400 |
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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
Author | : William C. Young |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 890 |
Release | : 2024-04-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004697485 |
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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
Author | : William C Young |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004707026 |
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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.
The Popular Science Monthly
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : PRNC:32101020262349 |
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Jurji Zaidan and the Foundations of Arab Nationalism
Author | : Thomas Philipp |
Publsiher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2014-09-11 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780815652717 |
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Jurji Zaidan was one of the leading thinkers of the Arab renaissance. Through his historical novels, his widely read journal, al-Hilal, which is still published today, and his scholarly works, he forged a new cultural Arab identity. In this book, Philipp shows how Zaidan popularized the idea of society that was based on science and reason, and invoked its accessibility to all who aspired to progress and modernity. In the first section, Philipp traces the arc of Zaidan’s career, placing his writings within the political and cultural contexts of the day and analyzing his impact on the emerging Arab nationalist movement. The second part consists of a wide selection of Zaidan’s articles and book excerpts translated into English. These pieces cover such fields as religion and science, society and ethics, and nationalism. With the addition of a comprehensive bibliography, this volume will be recognized as the authoritative source on Zaidan, as well as an essential contribution to the study of Arabic cultural history.
Nations Before Nationalism
Author | : John A. Armstrong |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2017-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781469620725 |
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In search of an explanation of how a sense of ethnic identity evolves to create the concept of nation, Armstrong analyzes Islamic and Christian cultures from antiquity to the nineteenth century. He explores the effects of institutions--the city, imperial polity, bureaucratic imperatives of centralization, and language divisions--on the development of ethnicity. Political science furnishes the focus, anthropology and sociology provide the conceptual framework, and history affords the evidence. Originally published 1982. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Animal Worship and Animal Tribes Among the Arabs and in the Old Testament
Author | : William Robertson Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Animal worship |
ISBN | : NLI:2918310-10 |
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