إستكتاب: المعتقدات الشعبية في ظل التغيرات الراهنة/ Folk Beliefs in the Context of Contemporary Transformations

The anthropological field in the Arab world is marked by a remarkable richness of folk beliefs, which constitute one of the earliest modes of human thought and represent initial attempts to interpret phenomena that eluded rational comprehension or control. In its formative stages, human knowledge emerged primarily from inquiries into the psychological, social, and sociocultural dimensions that contributed to the production of such beliefs, with their embedded meanings and symbolic structures within the social fabric. Within this framework, folk beliefs may be conceived as a complex and multilayered tapestry in which strata of history and mythology intersect. Mythical thought coexists with religious belief in a dynamic interplay that reflects the depth of human spiritual experience. These beliefs further function as