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Also by Raphael Patai
FOREWORD
PREFACE TO THE 1983 EDITION
PREFACE TO THE 1976 EDITION
PREFACE ON A PERSONAL
A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
I THE ARABS AND THE WORLD
1. ISLAM, MIDDLE EAST, ARABS
2. WHO IS AN ARAB?
II THE GROUP ASPECTS OF THE MIND
III ARAB CHILD-REARING PRACTICES
1. THE ISSUE OF SEVERITY
2. D IFFERENTIAL EVALUATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS
3. LACTATION
4. EARLY ROOTS OF THE MALE-FEMALE RELATIONSHIP
5. THE BOY ENTERS THE MEN’S WORLD
6. THE GIRL REMAINS IN THE WOMEN’S WORLD
7. CHILDHOOD REWARDS AND ADULT ACHIEVEMENT
IV UNDER THE SPELL OF LANGUAGE
1. ARAB AND ARABIC
2. THE LURE OF ARABIC
3. RHETORICISM
4. EXAGGERATION, OVERASSERTION, REPETITION
5. WORDS FOR ACTIONS
6. TIME SENSE AND VERB TENSE
V THE BEDOUIN SUBSTRATUM OF THE ARAB PERSONALITY
1. THE BEDOUIN IDEAL
2. GROUP COHESION
VI BEDOUIN VALUES: HOSPITALITY, AVERSION TO PHYSICAL WORK, AND HONOR
1. HOSPITALITY
2. GENEROSITY
3. COURAGE
4. HONOR
5. SELF-RESPECT
VII THE BEDOUIN ETHOS AND MODERN ARAB SOCIETY
1. KORANIC AND FOLK ETHICS
2. WAJH OR “FACE”
3. SHAME
4. THE FAHLAW‹ I PERSONALITY
5. A VERSION TO PHYSICAL LABOR
VIII THE REALM OF SEX
1. SEXUAL HONOR
2. SEXUAL REPRESSION
3. SEXUAL FREEDOM AND SEXUAL HOSPITALITY
4. VARIETIES OF SEXUAL OUTLET
5. AMBIVALENCE AND CHANGE
IX THE ISLAMIC COMPONENT OF ARAB PERSONALITY
1. RELIGION EAST AND WEST
2. PREDESTINATION AND PERSONALITY
3. IMPROVIDENCE
X EXTREMES AND EMOTIONS, FANTASY AND REALITY
1. POLARIZATION
2. CONTROL AND TEMPER
3. HOSTILITY
4. THREE FUNCTIONAL PLANES: THOUGHTS, WORDS, ACTIONS
XI ART, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE
1. DECORATIVE ARTS
2. MUSIC
3. LITERATURE
4. TOWARD WESTERN FORMS
XII BILINGUALISM, MARGINALITY, AND AMBIVALENCE
1. BILINGUALISM AND PERSONALITY
2. MARGINALITY
3. CULTURAL DICHOTOMY:ELITES AND MASSES
4. AMBIVALENCE
5. IZDIW‹ AJ— SPLIT PERSONALITY
XIII UNITY AND CONFLICT
1. THE IDEA OF ARAB UNITY
2. FIGHTING:SWORDS AND WORDS
3. DUAL DIVISION
4. CONFLICT PRONENESS
XIV CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND “CONFERENTIASIS”
1. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
2. “CONFERENTIASIS”
XV THE QUESTION OF ARAB STAGNATION
1. THE MESSAGE OF HISTORY
2. CRITICAL VIEWS
3. WHERE DO WE GOFROM HERE?
4. STAGNATION AND NATIONALISM
5. FIVE STAGES
6. THE ENEMY AS EXEMPLAR
XVI THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WESTERNIZATION1
1. THE JINNI OF THE WEST
2. EGYPT— A CASE HISTORY
3. THE ISSUE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINATION
4. FOCUS, VALUES, AND CHANGE
5. FIVE DOMINANT CONCERNS
6. WESTERN STANDARDS AND MASS BENEFITS
7. THE SINISTER WEST
8. THE HATRED OF THE WEST
9. ARABS AND TURKS
10. FACING THE FUTURE
CONCLUSION
POSTSCRIPT
1. THE REACTION TO THE OCTOBER WAR
2. OIL, LABOR, AND PLANNING
3. ADVANCES IN EDUCATION
4. WOMEN’S POSITION
5. NEW CONFLICTS
6. THE QUEST FOR UNITY
7. THE FEDERATION OF ARAB REPUBLICS:ACASE HISTORY
8. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
NOTES
POSTSCRIPT: THE LAST TEN YEARS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR
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