{"product_id":"of-tribes-and-empires-mohamed-cherkaoui-9789004766648","title":"Of Tribes and Empires: Essay on Variations in the Relationship Between Social Morphologies and Political Orders","description":"\u003ci\u003eOf Tribes and Empires\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohamed Cherkaoui\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004766642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004766648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mohamed Cherkaoui","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48930110701823,"sku":"9789004766648","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-tribes-and-empires-mohamed-cherkaoui-9789004766648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}