Ethnicity is more than a political resource, and the existence of a purely power-oriented 'tribalism' should not be overstressed.
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The contemporary study of ethnic groups and ethnicity - common euphemisms for tribe andtribalism- dates from the 1960s.
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In some respects, as we have heard, there have been racial overtones in this debate that go back to even more primitivetribalism.
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The flame oftribalismseems to flicker and splutter at times.
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The fatal factor oftribalismis at work there, too.
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Tribalismwith no form of institutional democracy is as dangerous as anything that one can find in the world.
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The possibility therefore exists of upheaval, of the exploitation oftribalismand of the policy of divide and rule.
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They are historically dependent or associated withtribalismand witchcraft.
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We are witnessing the collapse of the nation state and the rise oftribalism—and those tribes are armed.
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The disruptive forces oftribalismare not yet stilled.
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I shall begin by looking backwards and wondering whether we have sectional interests in the world which revolve around the word "tribalism".
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However, the people live harmoniously and the conflict has nothing to do withtribalismor religion.
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We are talking about a part of the world wheretribalismhas spread.
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They were created by the terror imposed by a single man, and when he went they dissolved and returned totribalism.
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We come back not to the dangers of religion but to the dangers oftribalism.
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