ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE

Chapters in this book

1. i-vi i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Preface ix
4. Contents xiii
5. Section I: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
6. RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATE IN THE NEAR EAST 1
7. SOCIAL GROUPS: ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL 20
8. ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE 44
9. THE SOCIAL PATTERN 61
10. THE LEVANT 82
11. THE CIRCASSIANS 91
12. GROUP BEHAVIOR IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON 99
13. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY 109
14. LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC AND SETTLED TRIBAL GROUPS 135
15. STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETY 149
16. FERTILITY DIFFERENCES IN A MODERNIZING COUNTRY 162
17. SOME ASPECTS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT 168
18. Section II: CULTURE
19. THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA 187
20. DATE CULTURE IN THE OASIS OF AL-HASA 205
21. A DAY IN A PEASANT HOUSEHOLD 218
22. RAMADÂN 224
23. Section III: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGE
24. THE DYNAMICS OF WESTERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 235
25. ISLAM AND THE WEST 252
26. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 259
27. POLITICAL DISUNITY OF THE ARAB WORLD 278
28. SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE 285
29. EMIGRATION, A FORCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE 300
30. CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE IN A LEBANESE VILLAGE 314
31. THE IRAQI VILLAGE, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE 328
32. TWO STREAMS INTO ONE 339
33. THE CONFLICT OF EAST AND WEST IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN LITERARY TASTE 345
34. LABOUR PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY 353
35. THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN EGYPTIAN FACTORY 365
36. SOCIAL BASIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 375
37. PROBLEMS OF ARAB POLITICAL BEHAVIOR 402
38. ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE CHARACTER OF AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM 412
39. THE ARMY 420
40. AN ARAB TRANSPLANTED 446
41. Section IV: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
42. DILEMMA OF THE ELITE IN ARAB SOCIETY 453
43. Α STUDY OF ARAB REFUGEE ATTITUDES 465
44. SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN SELECTED LEBANESE VILLAGES 475
45. Section V: THE FAMILY
46. THE ISLAMIC LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 492
47. THE FAMILY 505
48. THE WORLD OF KIN 526
49. COUSIN-RIGHT IN MIDDLE EASTERN MARRIAGE 535
50. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSLEM FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES 554
51. THE CHANGING MOSLEM FAMILY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 567
52. FAMILISM AND SOCIALIZATION 578
53. PATTERNS IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES 583
54. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN 592
55. AN ARAB-EGYPTIAN FAMILY 602
56. Section VI: URBAN LIFE
57. THE CITY 619
58. FERTILE CRESCENT CITIES 643
59. MIGRANT ADJUSTMENT TO CITY LIFE: THE EGYPTIAN CASE 664
60. Section VII: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION
61. COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE 679
62. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARABS 688
63. ARAB-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN THE JUDGMENT OF WRITTEN MESSAGES 704
64. PATTERNS OF GESTURE AMONG THE LEVANTINE ARABS 713
65. INDEX 720