LEADER 04164oam 2200673I 450 001 9910791928503321 005 20230126204245.0 010 $a1-136-81074-9 010 $a1-283-53914-4 010 $a9786613851598 010 $a1-136-81075-7 010 $a0-203-82878-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203828786 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089360 035 $a(EBL)667884 035 $a(OCoLC)828304094 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11423117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10663744 035 $a(PQKB)11002232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC667884 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL667884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385159 035 $a(OCoLC)806476522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089360 100 $a20180706e20111976 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMillennium and charisma among Pathans $ea critical essay in social anthropology /$fAkbar S. Ahmed 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge revivals 300 $aFirst published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 311 $a0-415-61867-3 311 $a0-415-61796-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMillennium 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 327 $aAlliances, 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 century 327 $aGenesis 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 330 $aFirst published in 1976, this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans, the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group, with their own codes and ways of life. Akbar S. Ahmed, who knows the Swat Pathans well through his family connections, presents a clear and sophisticated analysis of their complex society. The study provides an anthropological and critical re-examination of the ethnography of the Swat Pathans and the author suggests specific alternative models 410 0$aInternational library of anthropology. 606 $aPushtuns 607 $aSwa?t District (Pakistan)$xSocial life and customs 607 $aSwa?t District (Pakistan)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPushtuns. 676 $a305.89159 700 $aAhmed$b Akbar S.$0143546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791928503321 996 $aMillennium and charisma among Pathans$93756953 997 $aUNINA