Millennium and charisma among Pathans : a critical essay in social anthropology / Akbar S. Ahmed.
Material type: TextLanguage: Series: ; (International library of anthropology)Publication details: London, Boston : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976.Description: xvii, 173, 15 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0710083483
- 0710005474
- DS 432 .P4 .A46 1976
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS 432 .P4 .A46 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 21979 |
“Editor : Adam Kuper, University college London”—(p. [ii]).
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Foreword by professor Ernest Gellner—Acknowledgments—Swat chronology—1. Introduction—2. The Swat Pathans and the theory of games—3. The Swat Pathan understood—4. The Swat Pathan misunderstood—5. A theory of Pathan economic structure and political organization—6. A note on Sufic orders and Islamic revivalism in the nineteenth century—7. Millennium and charisma among Pathans—8. Models and method in anthropology—Notes—References—Index.