{"product_id":"tents-pyramids-games-ideology-in-arab-culture-hardcover","title":"Tents \u0026 Pyramids: Games \u0026 Ideology in Arab Culture - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFuad I. Khuri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuad 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.12 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146056921319,"sku":"9780863563348","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/c98e2a5b9b8bfc0fec992451d146d509.webp?v=1780342049","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/tents-pyramids-games-ideology-in-arab-culture-hardcover","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}