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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465286303321

Autore

Sierakowska-Dyndo Jolanta

Titolo

The boundaries of Afghans political imagination : the normative-axiological aspects of Afghan tradition / / by Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo ; translated into English by Teresa Opalinska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6572-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

306.209581

Soggetti

Political anthropology - Afghanistan

Tribal government - Afghanistan

Sufism - Political aspects - Afghanistan

Electronic books.

Afghanistan Sociological aspects

Afghanistan Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; THE RULES OF TRANSCRIPTION; INTRODUCTION; PART I - ETHICAL STANDARDS IN THE AFGHAN WORLD; CHAPTER ONE - PASHTUNWALI; CHAPTER TWO - SUFISM; PART II - PATTERNS OF SOCIAL ORDER; CHAPTER THREE - TRIBAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; CHAPTER FOUR - THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SUFI BROTHERHOODS ; PART III - THE BOUNDARIES OF POLITICAL IMAGINATION; CHAPTER FIVE - THE IDEAL OF EQUILIBRIUM IN AFGHAN CUSTOMARY LAW; CHAPTER SIX - CIRCLE AND PYRAMID; CHAPTER SEVEN - THE TALIBAN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES AND TERMS

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, The Boundaries of Afghans' Political Imagination, the author seeks an answer to the question of how tradition, specifically its normative-axiological aspects, shapes the political attitudes and actions of the Afghans. The author points to two different concepts of social order which are moulded by the Pashtunwali: on the one hand, a tribal code which is part of Pashto language tradition; and on the other



hand, by Sufism, the religious and philosophical current in Islam expressed...