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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816357503321

Autore

Ahmed Akbar S

Titolo

Resistance and control in Pakistan / / Akbar S. Ahmed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-27373-8

1-280-07864-2

0-203-33743-3

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p. ) : 20 b/w images and 16 line drawings

Altri autori (Persone)

AhmedAkbar S

Disciplina

306/.0954911

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Pakistan - Waziristan

Waziristan (Pakistan) Politics and government

Waziristan (Pakistan) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Religion and politics in Muslim society, 1983.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Introduction 1. Models and Method 2. Waziristan 3. History as an Expression of Agnatic Rivalry Part 2: Observation 4. Strategy and Conflict in Waziristan 5. Order, Ideology, and Mortality in Waziristan 6. Economic Development and Reinforcement of Ideology in Waziristan Part 3: Participation 7. The Anthropologist as Political Agent 8. The Political Agent as Anthropologist 9. Islam and the Segmentary Societies

Sommario/riassunto

In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading authorities on Islam explains what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes.