Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneAvalon Publishing, 1995 M12 28 - 246 pages In this penetrating and timely book, Anna Simons documents Somalia's impending slide toward anarchy. How do people react to a failing yet still repressive government? What do they do when the banks run out of cash? How do they cope with unprecedented uncertainty? These are some of the questions Simons addresses as she introduces the reader to Somalia's descent into dissolution from within the Somali capital of Mogadishu.Exploring the volatile mix of external interest in Somalia, internal politicking, and enduring social structure, she shows how cross-cultural misunderstanding and regroupment are key to explaining Somalia's breakdown at the national level. One aim of this book is to challenge broadly held assumptions about the content of nationalism, tribalism, and the state, as defined and debated by academics and as experienced by individuals. Another is to analyze the making of a pivotal moment in Somali history. Simons charts new ground in the study of the dissolution of a state at all levels, shuttling back and forth between micro and macro frames, historical and everyday practices, and expatriate and Somali experiences. |
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Page 13
... Islam , too , presented walls . Mosques were off - limits , both practically and psychologically speaking to non - Muslims . Few expatriates knew more about Islam than that it was an " Arab " religion that caused people to bang their ...
... Islam , too , presented walls . Mosques were off - limits , both practically and psychologically speaking to non - Muslims . Few expatriates knew more about Islam than that it was an " Arab " religion that caused people to bang their ...
Page 124
... Islam offered a tidiness that , in turn , invested the business of small sums with other - namely , God - given- meaning . This was particularly possible in the Somali case because of the close fit between Islamic and pastoralist ...
... Islam offered a tidiness that , in turn , invested the business of small sums with other - namely , God - given- meaning . This was particularly possible in the Somali case because of the close fit between Islamic and pastoralist ...
Page 209
... Islam came from the wider world and were assumptions they had brought with them to Somalia either from their own direct experience in other Muslim countries or from general knowledge about world events . I do not think it would be ...
... Islam came from the wider world and were assumptions they had brought with them to Somalia either from their own direct experience in other Muslim countries or from general knowledge about world events . I do not think it would be ...
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