The Tribe and the State

Abstract

What is a tribe? To this question there are so many answers that some would have us abandon the concept of tribe altogether. 1 That would not be easy; I am not even convinced that it would be desirable. (Ought we similarly to abandon the concept of civilization on the ground that it breeds endless attempts at definition?) For though it goes without saying that there are questions for which the concept is unhelpful, it does not follow that it is meaningless; and what is more, the current dissatisfaction with it would seem to arise from problems susceptible of resolution.

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