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Bargaining for Reality: The Construction of Social Relations in a Muslim Commun
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- Book Title
- Bargaining for Reality: The Construction of Social Relations in a
- ISBN
- 9780226726113
- Subject Area
- Social Science
- Publication Name
- Bargaining for Reality : the Construction of Social Relations in a Muslim Community
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
- Publication Year
- 1984
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 12.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 217 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226726118
ISBN-13
9780226726113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84107
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
217 Pages
Publication Name
Bargaining for Reality : the Construction of Social Relations in a Muslim Community
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
1984
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
84-002501
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306/.0964/3
Table Of Content
Preface One - Bargaining for Reality The Nature of the Problem Sefrou: The Cultural and Social Landscape Two - The Construction of Social Identity Attributing Traits and Ties The Nature of Human Nature The Problem of Other Minds in Morocco Knowledge and Cultural Logic Three - The Formation of Personal Networks The Concept of Haqq Negotiating Kinship Building Networks Validation: Attaching Utterances to Actions Special Relations: Arabs and Berbers, Muslims and Jews Summary: Repertoire and Performance Four - Convention and Creation in the Construction of Social Reality Homo Contextus : Situating Actors in the World The Negotiation of Reality References Index
Synopsis
Much modern anthropology has assumed that an adequate description of any society consists of rules that inform its members' relationships and the logic that unites their cultural symbols. In this book Lawrence Rosen argues that, for the people who live in and around the Moroccan city of Sefrou, attachment to others and the terms by which they are conceived are, at their most fundamental level, subject to a constant process of negotiation. Drawing on the philosophy of speech acts as well as interpretive theory, Rosen shows how, for the people of this Muslim community, reality consists of the network of obligations formed by individuals out of a repertoire of relational possibilities whose defining terms are comprised by a set of essentially negotiable concepts. He thus demonstrates that the bonds of family, tribe, and political alliance take shape only as the bargains struck in and through the malleable terms that describe them take shape; that statements about relationship are no more true than a price mentioned in the marketplace until properly validated; that the relations between men and women, Arabs and Berbers, Muslims and Jews test the limits of interpersonal negotiation; and that the concepts of time, character, and narrative style are consonant with a view of reality as bargained-for network of obligations. Bargaining for Reality makes an important contribution to our understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern society and to the development of powerful new interpretive strategies for a wide range of social theorists. " Rosen's] book is extremely useful for African and Middle Eastern historians, because he challenges some of our most basic ideas about the nature and force of kinship, tribe, ethnicity, and other large- and small-scale political ties."-Allan R. Meyers, International Journal of African Historical Studies "The book conveys a compelling image of Moroccan social experience and is peppered with vivid anecdotes and case histories."-Stephen William Foster, American Anthropologist, Much modern anthropology has assumed that an adequate description of any society consists of rules that inform its members' relationships and the logic that unites their cultural symbols. In this book Lawrence Rosen argues that, for the people who live in and around the Moroccan city of Sefrou, attachment to others and the terms by which they are conceived are, at their most fundamental level, subject to a constant process of negotiation. Drawing on the philosophy of speech acts as well as interpretive theory, Rosen shows how, for the people of this Muslim community, reality consists of the network of obligations formed by individuals out of a repertoire of relational possibilities whose defining terms are comprised by a set of essentially negotiable concepts. He thus demonstrates that the bonds of family, tribe, and political alliance take shape only as the bargains struck in and through the malleable terms that describe them take shape; that statements about relationship are no more true than a price mentioned in the marketplace until properly validated; that the relations between men and women, Arabs and Berbers, Muslims and Jews test the limits of interpersonal negotiation; and that the concepts of time, character, and narrative style are consonant with a view of reality as bargained-for network of obligations. Bargaining for Reality makes an important contribution to our understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern society and to the development of powerful new interpretive strategies for a wide range of social theorists. "[Rosen's] book is extremely useful for African and Middle Eastern historians, because he challenges some of our most basic ideas about the nature and force of kinship, tribe, ethnicity, and other large- and small-scale political ties."--Allan R. Meyers, International Journal of African Historical Studies "The book conveys a compelling image of Moroccan social experience and is peppered with vivid anecdotes and case histories."--Stephen William Foster, American Anthropologist
LC Classification Number
DT329.S44R67 1984
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