04176nam 2200685Ia 450 991081174450332120200520144314.01-136-81074-91-283-53914-497866138515981-136-81075-70-203-82878-X10.4324/9780203828786 (CKB)2560000000089360(EBL)667884(OCoLC)828304094(SSID)ssj0000713882(PQKBManifestationID)11423117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713882(PQKBWorkID)10663744(PQKB)11002232(MiAaPQ)EBC667884(Au-PeEL)EBL667884(CaPaEBR)ebr10589026(CaONFJC)MIL385159(OCoLC)806476522(EXLCZ)99256000000008936020760818d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMillennium and charisma among Pathans a critical essay in social anthropology /Akbar S. Ahmed1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon Routledge20111 online resource (195 p.)Routledge revivalsFirst published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.0-415-61867-3 0-415-61796-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 groupsAlliances, 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 the nineteenth centuryGenesis 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; IndexFirst 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 modelsInternational library of anthropology.PushtunsSwat District (Pakistan)Social life and customsSwat District (Pakistan)Politics and governmentPushtuns.305.89159Ahmed Akbar S143546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811744503321Millennium and charisma among Pathans4016645UNINA