The Boundaries of Afghans' Political Imagination : the Normative-Axiological Aspects of Afghan Tradition.

The Boundaries of Afghans' Political Imagination : the Normative-Axiological Aspects of Afghan Tradition.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sierakowska-Dyndo, Jolanta.
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (209 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Political anthropology -- Afghanistan. Tribal government -- Afghanistan. Sufism -- Political aspects -- Afghanistan. Political anthropology. Politics and government. Tribal government. Afghanistan -- Sociological aspects. Afghanistan -- Politics and government. Afghanistan. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276422

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ISBN:	9781443865722 1443865729 1322070318 9781322070315 9781443842297
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index. English translation from the Polish. Print version record.
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 ...
Other form:	Print version: Sierakowska-Dyndo, Jolanta. Boundaries of Afghans' Political Imagination : The Normative-Axiological Aspects of Afghan Tradition. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 9781443842297

Table of 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.