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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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, 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Pushtuns
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Manners and customs.
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Politics and government.
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Pushtuns.
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| SUBJECT |
Swāt District (Pakistan) -- Social life and customs
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Swāt District (Pakistan) -- Politics and government
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Pakistan -- Swāt District.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203828786 |
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020382878X |
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