tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post7248702039434247663..comments2024-03-22T10:56:23.359+02:00Comments on Land and People: Tribal DNARami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-31591205829349283132008-01-12T12:08:00.000+02:002008-01-12T12:08:00.000+02:00I don't know enough to respond to Salzman's articl...I don't know enough to respond to Salzman's article with any specificity, but I am deeply suspicious of any argument that derives its conclusions (clash of civilizations) from a presumption of a cultural organization that persists various guises (call it tribal, call it Islamic), fundamentally untouched by history. Culture is not an alternative to race, it's a refurbishment. (Like Islam to tribalism, according to Salzman). 'Cultural dna' has the same epistemological logic and legitimacy as the 'one drop' rule did (does?) in the US ('one drop' of 'black blood' makes a person racially 'black'). It's a political convenience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com