03040nam 2200625 450 991046528630332120200520144314.01-4438-6572-9(CKB)3710000000218153(EBL)1765514(SSID)ssj0001288389(PQKBManifestationID)12542391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288389(PQKBWorkID)11295113(PQKB)11135730(MiAaPQ)EBC1765514(Au-PeEL)EBL1765514(CaPaEBR)ebr10909512(CaONFJC)MIL638282(OCoLC)887508071(EXLCZ)99371000000021815320140829h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe boundaries of Afghans political imagination the normative-axiological aspects of Afghan tradition /by Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo ; translated into English by Teresa OpalinskaNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.©20131 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4229-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 TERMSIn 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...Political anthropologyAfghanistanTribal governmentAfghanistanSufismPolitical aspectsAfghanistanAfghanistanSociological aspectsAfghanistanPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Political anthropologyTribal governmentSufismPolitical aspects306.209581Sierakowska-Dyndo Jolanta900428Opalińska TeresaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465286303321The boundaries of Afghans political imagination2011604UNINA