Understanding Iraq
Subtitle: society, culture, and personality
By: Ali Wardi ; translated with a foreword by Fuad Baali.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780773451209
Subjects: Social structure -- Iraq; Personality -- Iraq; Culture conflict -- Iraq; Iraq -- Social conditions
Work titles: Dirāsah fī ṭabīʻat al-mujtamaʻ al-ʻIrāqī.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: The conflict between Nomadism and Urbanism; title: A wrong theory; title: Nomadism and Urbanism : a comparison; title: Toward an Arabian sociology; title: Significance of Ibn Khaldun; title: The origin of civilization; title: The story of Adam; title: Nomadism; title: Bedawa's patterns of culture; title: The Bedouin character; title: Two contradictory attitudes; title: Bedouins vs. Mongols; title: Evaluation; title: Nomadism and war tendency; title: Tribal spirit (Asabiyah); title: Significance of lineage; title: Protection of women; title: Raid vs. occupation; title: Property rights; title: Naming; title: Bedouin's dignity; title: Respect for power; title: Tendency toward freedom; title: Individuality; title: Sword vs. "tongue"; title: Final note; title: The depth of Bedouin culture; title: Savings; title: Jealousy; title: Hypocrisy; title: Allegiance; title: Religiosity; title: Democracy; title: Final note; title: Iraq under the Ottoman occupation; title: Bedawa under the Ottoman rule; title: Baghdad; title: The Ottoman government; title: Ottoman-Iran conflict; title: General conclusion; title: The clash of cultures in Iraq; title: Recent tribal changes; title: The southern tribes marsh; title: Arabs; title: Middle-Euphrates tribes; title: Urban population; title: Constant clashes in Iraq; title: Clashes between tribes; title: Clashes between government and tribes; title: Clashes between districts; title: Clashes between cities and tribes; title: City-government clashes; title: Clashes between cities; title: Personality development in rural areas; title: The rural setting; title: Hospitality; title: Giving refuge; title: Autocracy; title: The Peasant's behavior; title: Profit incentive; title: The woman's status; title: Honor killing; title: Health problems; title: Conclusions.