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Ahmed Akbar S. |
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Millennium and charisma among Pathans : a critical essay in social anthropology / / Akbar S. Ahmed |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-283-53914-4 |
9786613851598 |
1-136-81075-7 |
0-203-82878-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Pushtuns |
Electronic books. |
Swāt District (Pakistan) Social life and customs |
Swāt District (Pakistan) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Millennium and Charisma among Pathans A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology; Copyright; Millennium and Charisma among Pathans A critical essay in social anthropology; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Swat chronology; 1 Introduction; Current questions in theory and method; The Pathan framework; Political leadership among Swat Pathans; Part one; 2 The Swat Pathans and the theory of games; Model; Application; Comment; 3 The Swat Pathan understood; Yusufzai social organization: lessons in mystification; Territorial divisions and segmentary descent groups |
Alliances, networks and groups'Tarboorwali': agnatic rivalry; 4 The Swat Pathan misunderstood; Concepts, terms and usage; Sufis, Saints and Khans; 'Transactionalism' and the code of the Pathans; Lineage and stratification in Swat; The warlords and the Wali; The Swat universe and the socio-demographic base; Part two; 5 A theory of Pathan economic structure and political organization; 'Reciprocal' and 'redistributive' economics tribal societies; 'Nang' and 'qalang' as symbols of socio-economic categories; 6 A note on Sufic orders and Islamic revivalism in |
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the nineteenth century |
Genesis of SufismThree case-studies: the Sanusi, the Mahdi the Akhund; The Akhund of Swat; Part three; 7 Millennium and charisma among Pathans; Thesis: millenarian movements in Malakand; Anti-thesis: institutionalization of charisma in Swat; Synthesis: the State of Swat; 8 Models and method in anthropology; The Khan's eye view of the world; Dynamics of social change in Swat; The relevance of models in anthropology; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1976, this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans, the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group, with their own codes and ways of life. Akbar S. Ahmed, who knows the Swat Pathans well through his family connections, presents a clear and sophisticated analysis of their complex society. The study provides an anthropological and critical re-examination of the ethnography of the Swat Pathans and the author suggests specific alternative models |
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