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

“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.