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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.209581 |
Soggetto topico: | Political anthropology - Afghanistan |
Tribal government - Afghanistan | |
Sufism - Political aspects - Afghanistan | |
Soggetto geografico: | Afghanistan Sociological aspects |
Afghanistan Politics and government | |
Persona (resp. second.): | OpalińskaTeresa |
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... |
Titolo autorizzato: | The boundaries of Afghans political imagination |
ISBN: | 1-4438-6572-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786755903321 |
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