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Tents and Pyramids: Games and Ideology in Arab Culture from Backgammon to Autocratic Rule Hardcover – September 1, 2000

by Fuad I Khuri (Author)
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This study deals with an unusual and absorbing topic: how the Arabs see and deal with reality and the implications this has for the nature of power in the Arab world. Tents and pyramids are, metaphorically, opposed mental images; the first signifies the absence of hierarchy and graded authority, the second the presence of both, Khuri argues that the Arabs perceive both social and physical reality as a series of discrete, non-pyramidal structures that are inherently equal in value - much like a Bedouin encampment composed of tents scattered haphazardly on a flat desert surface with no visible hierarchy.
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    168 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Saqi Books
  4. Publication date
    September 1, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    5.7 x 0.7 x 8.7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0863563341
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0863563348
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Fuad I. Khuri was a leading anthropologist of the Middle East and a distinguished Lebanese writer and academic. He wrote extensively in English and Arabic on various aspects of Arab culture and society. Fuad I. Khuri died in 2003.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Saqi Books (September 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0863563341
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0863563348
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 0.7 x 8.7 inches

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