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Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans (Routledge Revivals) : a Critical Essay in Social Anthropology.
First 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, wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge revivals.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 groups.
- Alliances, 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.
- Genesis 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.