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What is Tribalism?
What is Tribalism?
Tribalism is described as a group of people that is organized by a tribe. This has always been a well known form of government and has been around since the twentieth century within Middle East, Africa, and in South and Southeast Asia. (Encyclopedia.com)
Tribalism in Real Life:
Tribalism in Real Life:
Real life tribalism is found throughout Africa along with the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. In Africa tribalism is quite common and it is very popular to put them in to tribes based on different groups of religious beliefs, political views, and social groups. Loyalty to these people’s tribes is very important and is a key to the success of any individuals’ tribe. There are also tribes that take their loyalty too far. A well known example of this would be what is currently happening in Islam. There are people in tribes that go to the extremes and start with violent streaks and yet they believe that it is all for their tribe and for their Holy Prophet. These are the sort of actions that make people to believe that tribalism is a negative type of government. Tribalism in extreme forms is what is occasionally believe to be the start of war.
“Ethnicity and Tribalism in Africa: The Truth.” AFRICA W, www.africaw.com/ethnicity-and-tribalism-in-africa-the-truth. Accessed 5 Apr 2018.
Fictional Tribalism:
Fictional Tribalism:
In the recent movie, Black Panther, that came out February 16, 2018, is a prime example of tribalism in a fictional world. Within this movie there is a nation called Wakanda who is at the time fighting for a new King to lead their tribe. The fight for a new leader in Wakanda begins after the death of the King, T’Challa’s father. T’Challa returns to Wakanda to step up to be the King of Wakanda. There are challenges that he faces to protect his tribe. There are multiple tribes among Wakanda that can challenge T’Challa to become king. No one dares to step forward against T’Challa until a leader from an enemy tribe comes forward to challenge him. Both sides gather their allies in order to fight to get the outcome that is wanted. These tribes are showing the more violent sides of extreme tribalism.
Annotated Bibliography:
Annotated Bibliography:
- Young, Toby. “We Are Being Destroyed by Tribalism. Let's Get Rid of It.” The Spectator, 7 Mar. 2018, www.spectator.co.uk/2018/03/we-are-being-destroyed-by-tribalism-lets-get-rid-of-it/.
The article talks about a novel written by Amy Chua called “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” Chua goes on to explain the effectiveness of the Asian approach to bringing up children and praises her own parents for giving her a sense of pride in her heritage. But even with her strong belief in her heritage, she goes on “arguing that the ascendancy of identity politics on the right and the left of American politics is threatening to destroy the Republic.” She would continue through the article to turn against Tribalism and how it is threatening to destroy the current Republic.
2) Handler, Art. “Can Our Democracy Survive Tribalism?” Daily Intelligencer, 19 Sept. 2017, nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/can-democracy-survive-tribalism.html.
In this article, it is made a point that we are not fantasising about what it may be like to live in a society of tribalism because we already are living in that fantasised society. The website goes on to say that in our “Project of American Democracy,” We want to live beyond the tribal identities which we were persuaded to live by and to see each individual as their own self as citizens of a people’s republic and place religious beliefs aside and see people how they would like to be seen.
3) Shapiro, Daniel, et al. “Here's How We Negotiate Our Way out of Tribalism.” World Economic Forum, www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/transcending-tribalism-in-a-fractured-world/.
The topic of removing tribalism and being able to overcome it is described throughout this article. It gives tips to help rid tribalism and overcome its “difficulties”. They tell the reader of how they believe that decision making must become based on loyalty, not logic. It talks about how tribes are affected as one saying “A threat to a single person in a tribe is a threat to the whole group.” To get rid of Tribalism we need to see these people as their own individuals, but we also need the tribes to see themselves as individuals with their own threats without seeing these threats and opinions to include the entire tribe.
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