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Millennium and charisma among Pathans : a critical essay in social anthropology / Akbar S. Ahmed.

Author (نویسنده/ناشر):

Ahmed, Akbar S.

Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

London, Boston : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976.

Physical Description:

xvii, 173, 15 p. ; 22 cm.

Series Title:

(International library of anthropology)

Language:

ISBN:

0710083483
0710005474

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Pushtuns.
Pushtuns – History.
Pushtuns – Pakistan – Swat.
Swat (Pakistan) – Social life and customs.
Swat (Pakistan) – Politics and government.

Class. No:

DS 432 .P4 .A46 1976

Accession No:

21979

General Note:

“Editor : Adam Kuper, University college London”—(p. [ii]).

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

General Note:

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.