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Of Tribes and Empires: Essay on Variations in the Relationship Between Social Morphologies and Political Orders

Of Tribes and Empires: Essay on Variations in the Relationship Between Social Morphologies and Political Orders

Cherkaoui, Mohamed

Hardcover

Religion General General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004766642
ISBN13: 9789004766648
Publisher: Brill
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.68
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Of Tribes and Empires challenges the idea that states and empires naturally emerge by overcoming tribal societies. Focusing on the region from the Sahara to the Gobi Desert, Cherkaoui argues that political order has long been shaped by a durable struggle between tribal organization and imperial power. Empires rise by incorporating tribes, yet rarely succeed in neutralizing them. From the incomplete Romanization of Berber societies to the institutional fragility of Islamic empires, tribal structures repeatedly undermine imperial centralization. This unresolved tension, Cherkaoui contends, continues to shape political authority in contemporary Arab-Muslim societies and helps explain the failure of the emergence of capitalism and liberal-democracy. The book also reveals why imperial claims to cultural universality collapse, introducing proletaroid intellectuals as key producers of ideological resistance and alternative forms of legitimacy.

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