Resistance and Control in Pakistan

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Psychology Press, 2004 - History - 207 pages

How can people in the West make sense of contemporary unrest in the Muslim world? Is Islamic fundamentalism to be understood purely in religious terms?

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. He also examines the social structure and operative principles in Muslim society and scrutinizes the influence of religion in a society that is undergoing modernization.

Till now, there has been little available literature on this topic. This book, written by an eminent scholar with an international reputation fills this gap, giving students of politics, sociology and Asian studies a revealing examination of the Muslim world today.

 

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Contents

Models and method
3
Maps and figures Maps
11
The tribes of Waziristan
12
South Waziristan Agency
14
The NorthWest Frontier Province
15
The agency 145
16
Figures
17
WazirMahsud genealogy
18
Mosque market and camp at Wana
51
Order ideology and morality in Waziristan
78
Economic development and reinforcement
97
FEEL 223
114
11
124
The political agent as anthropologist
130
WazirMahsud lineage
144
WazirMahsud lineage and the agency
146

land lineage and culture
19
Mahsud genealogy
20
The genealogy of Jalat Khan Wazir Malik
22
Bangul and Jalat agnatic rivals
25
History as an expression of agnatic rivalry
29
Administrative organization South Waziristan Agency
36
Strategy and conflict in Waziristan
49
A Tor honor of women cases
153
17
161
Notes
168
References
191
61
199
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About the author (2004)

Akbar S. Ahmed is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain. He is now Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations at the American University in Washington, DC.

Bibliographic information

TitleResistance and Control in Pakistan
AuthorAkbar S. Ahmed
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherPsychology Press, 2004
ISBN0415349109, 9780415349109
Length207 pages
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History / Middle East / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / General
Political Science / World / Asian
Religion / Religion, Politics & State
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
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