Resistance and Control in Pakistan
by Ahmed, Akbar S.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-05-01
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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.
Author Biography
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
Table of Contents
| List of maps and figures | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface to the revised edition | p. xxi |
| Preface to the first edition | p. xxvii |
| List of abbreviations | p. xxx |
| Introduction | |
| Models and method | p. 3 |
| Waziristan: land, lineage, and culture | p. 11 |
| Waziristan | p. 11 |
| Waziristan lineage structure and leadership | p. 17 |
| The Pukhtun ideal-type and cultural variations | p. 24 |
| History as an expression of agnatic rivalry | p. 29 |
| The colonial encounter in Waziristan | p. 29 |
| Political administration | p. 35 |
| Observation | |
| Strategy and conflict in Waziristan | p. 49 |
| The emergence of the Mullah | p. 49 |
| The Wazirs rampant | p. 61 |
| The Wazirs vanquished | p. 69 |
| Order, ideology, and morality in Waziristan | p. 78 |
| Order and administration in Waziristan | p. 78 |
| The Mullah of Waziristan | p. 84 |
| Mullahs in Muslim society | p. 90 |
| The nature of the Islamic jihad | p. 94 |
| Economic development and reinforcement of ideology in Waziristan | p. 97 |
| Participation | |
| The anthropologist as political agent | p. 105 |
| Reconciliation and reconstruction | p. 105 |
| Waziristan cases | p. 114 |
| The political agent as anthropologist | p. 130 |
| Islam and segmentary societies: the problem of definition | p. 137 |
| Defining Islamic tribal society | p. 137 |
| Islamic segmentary societies | p. 142 |
| The Islamic district paradigm | p. 145 |
| Appendixes | |
| Tor (honor of women) cases | p. 153 |
| Agreement between British and Wana Wazirs | p. 156 |
| Statement given by Mahsuds to British | p. 158 |
| The domicile certificate | p. 160 |
| List of political agents, South Waziristan Agency | p. 161 |
| List of commandants, South Waziristan Scouts | p. 163 |
| Glossary | p. 165 |
| Notes | p. 168 |
| References | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 199 |
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