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The boundaries of Afghans political imagination : the normative-axiological aspects of Afghan tradition / by Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo ; translated into English by Teresa Opalinska.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sierakowska-Dyndo, Jolanta, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political anthropology--Afghanistan.
- Political anthropology.
- Tribal government--Afghanistan.
- Tribal government.
- Sufism--Political aspects--Afghanistan.
- Sufism.
- Afghanistan--Sociological aspects.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6572-9
- OCLC:
- 887508071
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