Weiner, Mark Stuart. <br/><br/>
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 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 --  The king 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374252816 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374252815 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012023468 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clans--Social aspects.<br/>Clans--Political aspects.<br/>Kinship--Social aspects.<br/>Kinship--Political aspects.<br/>Customary law.<br/>Law, Primitive.<br/>Democracy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN 487.7.C55  / W45 2012