Contemporary studies in sociology and anthropology

Research studies in the Arab world lack interactive topics between the researcher and the studied field, and because the Arab researcher needs new intellectual horizons, especially in the field of social sciences, "Abu Bakr Ahmed Baqader" places in one book "Contemporary Studies in Sociology and Anthropology" to achieve through it more communication and exposure to contemporary interests and questions raised in many countries of the world today, which directly and indirectly concern the Arab reader in a world full of rapid changes. In fact, what "Abu Bakr Ahmed Baqader" wants to say is yes, there are social sciences in general possess characteristics and forms that have become — over time — more clear, but still, every civilization or region has its own social sciences "specific, which at the same time work to be integrated within the general sociological framework. As for our current Arab intellectual situation, such readings... raise the urgent question: Are social sciences an intellectual luxury in our circumstances and in our world, or have they become an urgent necessity? Hence, the importance of what is contained in the articles of this book, which gathered the efforts of Western sociologists such as Bourdieu, Americans like Foucault, and Goldstein, among others, in addition to the context of theoretical programs and sociological research that produced new and convincing programs for researchers in this field, such as topics of power, solidarity, inequality, social change, consumption, the globalized market, the study of prisons, the relationship between religious institutions, individuals, customary diversity, cultural identities, and others. Based on what has been presented, this book contains translated articles into Arabic, organized into five chapters under the following titles: First chapter: Foucault, Sociology, and Bourdieu in American Sociology. Second chapter: Narrative Sociology and Semiotics of the Brand. Third chapter: Secular Anthropology, Migration, and Religion. Fourth chapter: Gender in the Middle East and Gender in Politics. Fifth chapter: Globalization and its effects on wealthy democracies, ethical perspectives, and the market society.