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Resistance and control in Pakistan / Akbar S. Ahmed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmed, Akbar S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and politics--Pakistan--Waziristan.
- Islam and politics.
- Waziristan (Pakistan)--Politics and government.
- Waziristan (Pakistan).
- Waziristan (Pakistan)--Social life and customs.
- Pakistan--Waziristan.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Summary:
- In "Resistance and Control in Pakistan," one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed, illuminates what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes. He does this by telling the dramatic story of the revolt of the Mullah of Waziristan in northwest Pakistan and by placing it within the context of other movements occurring elsewhere in the Islamic world. From this he examines the social structure and operative principles in Muslim society and scrutinizes the influence of religion in a society that is undergoing modernization. The author has revised "Resistance and Control in Pakistan" to include a fascinating new preface, in which he reconsiders this topic in the light of recent cultural and political developments.
- Contents:
- 1 Models and method 3
- 2 Waziristan: land, lineage, and culture 11
- Waziristan 11
- Waziristan lineage structure and leadership 17
- The Pukhtun ideal-type and cultural variations 24
- 3 History as an expression of agnatic rivalry 29
- The colonial encounter in Waziristan 29
- Political administration 35
- Part II Observation
- 4 Strategy and conflict in Waziristan 49
- The emergence of the Mullah 49
- The Wazirs rampant 61
- The Wazirs vanquished 69
- 5 Order, ideology, and morality in Waziristan 78
- Order and administration in Waziristan 78
- The Mullah of Waziristan 84
- Mullahs in Muslim society 90
- The nature of the Islamic jihad 94
- 6 Economic development and reinforcement of ideology in Waziristan 97
- Part III Participation
- 7 The anthropologist as political agent 105
- Reconciliation and reconstruction 105
- Waziristan cases 114
- 8 The political agent as anthropologist 130
- 9 Islam and segmentary societies: the problem of definition 137
- Defining Islamic tribal society 137
- Islamic segmentary societies 142
- The Islamic district paradigm 145
- A Tor (honor of women) cases 153
- B Agreement between British and Wana Wazirs 156
- C Statement given by Mahsuds to British 158
- D The domicile certificate 160
- E List of political agents, South Waziristan Agency 161
- F List of commandants, South Waziristan Scouts 163.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed of: Religion and politics in Muslim society, 1983.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [168]-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415349109
- 0415349117
- OCLC:
- 55109102
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