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Weiner, Mark Stuart.

The rule of the clan : what an ancient form of social organization reveals about the future of individual freedom / Mark S. Weiner.

1st ed.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2013.

258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A revealing look at the role kin-based societies have played throughout history and around the world. It examines the constitutional principles and cultural institutions from medieval Iceland to modern Pakistan.

Clans -- Social aspects.

Clans -- Political aspects.

Kinship -- Social aspects.

Kinship -- Political aspects.

Customary law.

Democracy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Individualism's paradox -- From clan to club -- National security and clan honor -- Law without a state : the Nuer of Southern Sudan -- A state without a king : medieval Iceland -- Clannism and democratic reform : the Palestinian authority -- Solidarity, group honor, and shame : modern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan -- Feud as an instrument of harmony : the Philippines -- From kin to king : state development in Anglo-Saxon England -- "We have made you into nations and tribes" : the vision of early Islam -- The romance of the clan -- The clan's return.

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