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Understanding Iraq : society, culture, and personality /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wardī, ʻAlī
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Iraq > Social conditions.
Social structure > Iraq.
Personality > Iraq.
Culture conflict > Iraq.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The conflict between Nomadism and Urbanism
  • A wrong theory
  • Nomadism and Urbanism : a comparison
  • Toward an Arabian sociology
  • Significance of Ibn Khaldun
  • The origin of civilization
  • The story of Adam
  • Nomadism
  • Bedawa's patterns of culture
  • The Bedouin character
  • Two contradictory attitudes
  • Bedouins vs. Mongols
  • Evaluation
  • Nomadism and war tendency
  • Tribal spirit (Asabiyah)
  • Significance of lineage
  • Protection of women
  • Raid vs. occupation
  • Property rights
  • Naming
  • Bedouin's dignity
  • Respect for power
  • Tendency toward freedom
  • Individuality
  • Sword vs. "tongue"
  • Final note
  • The depth of Bedouin culture
  • Savings
  • Jealousy
  • Hypocrisy
  • Allegiance
  • Religiosity
  • Democracy
  • Final note
  • Iraq under the Ottoman occupation
  • Bedawa under the Ottoman rule
  • Baghdad
  • The Ottoman government
  • Ottoman-Iran conflict
  • General conclusion
  • The clash of cultures in Iraq
  • Recent tribal changes
  • The southern tribes
  • Marsh Arabs
  • Middle-Euphrates tribes
  • Urban population
  • Constant clashes in Iraq
  • Clashes between tribes
  • Clashes between government and tribes
  • Clashes between districts
  • Clashes between cities and tribes
  • City-government clashes
  • Clashes between cities
  • Personality development in rural areas
  • The rural setting
  • Hospitality
  • Giving refuge
  • Autocracy
  • The Peasant's behavior
  • Profit incentive
  • The woman's status
  • Honor killing
  • Health problems
  • Conclusions.