Sentences with phrase «tribal allegiance»

Tribal allegiance means nothing unless there are other tribes out there against which we can get our measure.

Depending on your tribal allegiance.

These sorts of shenanigans may seem far removed from abuse and nastiness on social media, but they have the same social and psychological underpinnings: the strict policing of tribal allegiance, the insistence that your opponent has the worst possible motives at all times, and the accusation of treason and betrayal for disagreement.

In post-Brexit Britain, voters may have turned less to particular policy offers and more to tribal allegiance.

Concentrating on the Middle East since World War II, Pryce «Jones shows how one Arab regime after another has been but a repeat of tribal allegiances played out in a pattern of lust for power and revenge, reflecting a shame «honor culture that leaves no room for the concept, never mind the pursuit, of the common good.

If her assertion is correct — and as far as I know she has never been wrong about anything — then it's about time we as supporters of football, whether it is good, bad, indifferent, or winning football, stepped back from our tribal allegiances and considered objectively what traits do indeed characterise «good» football supporters.

It's only fair to admit that I despised, utterly despised, the notoriously defensive Chelsea team of 2012 and, tribal allegiances aside, the even more defensive treble - winning Inter of 2010.

Someone who although a staunch Labour supporter, would happily put aside his tribal allegiances and engage with those on the other side of the political fence.

It seems to me that too few have grasped how the fundamentals of British politics are changing — how public loyalty to the main parties is in decline, how issues are now more important than old tribal allegiances and how the rise of new concerns such as nationalism and immigration cut across old party divides.

It said that the NDC «will continue to enjoy strong support in the east and north of the country, owing to historical and tribal allegiances,» and predicted that «Greater Accra, historically a swing state, will be a key battleground, and so tensions in this economic hub could disrupt business operations.»

This account of the political and ethical landscape of a New Jersey city in the wake of rampant property development picks over the tribal allegiances of whites, African - Americans, police and the unions as each struggle for «juice», or municipal influence.

It's a witty visual deconstruction that also suggests how ideologies are, in some ways, underpinned by their surface accretions: as fashion statements, as brands, as tribal allegiances — and here as interior décor.

A reading list can be inferred from the nature of comments made, positions taken, tribal allegiances implied or asserted over a long period of time.

In the developing world, theft, family ties, tribal allegiances, tithing conspire to prohibit large scale energy projects as the patronage: inserting into leadership and technical skill roles of sons, daughters, cousins, aunts and uncles is too tempting and the incompetence of most of these relatives and obligate parasites leads to no re-investment in the maintenance for these large scale projects an example of which is the hydro electric project near Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Not exact matches

At the beginning, the distinctive deity of the Hebrews was a tribal divinity to whom the clans of Joseph first gave their allegiance at the time of the Exodus from Egypt.

Their allegiances transcend the political, the tribal, and the cultural.

This tribal god is to have an exclusive claim upon the tribesman's allegiance and devotion.

According to the article Female Genital Mutilation by Nahid Toubia, FGM is not related to the religion of Islam or any other religion but «[it] was spread by dominant tribes and civilizations, often as a result of tribal, ethnic and cultural allegiances» (Julie Peters, Andrea Wolper, 1995 p. 230).