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Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan - Anthropological Perspectives

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Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives, 2017 Edition / M. Nazif Shahrani and Robert L. CanfieldPreface / Robert L. CanfieldAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationPart I: Introduction1. Introduction: Marxist "Revolution" and Islamic Resistance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani2. The Marxist Regimes and the Soviet Presence in Afghanistan: An Ages-Old Culture Responds to Late Twentieth-Century Aggression / Louis DupreePart II: Nuristan and Eastern Afghanistan3. The Evolution of Anti-Communist Resistance in Eastern Nuristan / Richard F. Strand 4. Responses to Central Authority in Nuristan: The Case of the Väygal Valley Kalasha / David J. Katz5. The Rebellion in Darra-i Nur / R. Lincoln KeiserPart III: Qataghan and Badakhshan6. Causes and Context of Responses to the Saur Revolution in Badakhshan / M. Nazif Shahrani7. Weak Links on a Rusty Chain: Structural Weaknesses in Afghanistan's Provincial Government Administration / Thomas J. Barfield8. Effects of the Saur Revolution in the Nahrin Area of Northern Afghanistan / Hugh Beattie Part IV: Bamyan and Turkistan9. Islamic Coalitions in Bamyan: A Problem in Translating Afghan Political Culture / Robert L. Canfield10. Ethnicity and Class: Dimensions of Intergroup Conflict in North-Central Afghanistan / Richard Tapper Part V: Western and Southern Afghanistan 11. Sheikhanzai Nomads and the Afghan State: A Study of Indigenous Authority and Foreign Rule / Bahram Tavakolian12. How Afghans Define Themselves in Relation to Islam / Jon W. AndersonPart VI: The Saur Revolution and the Afghan Woman13. Causes and Consequences of the Abolition of Brideprice in Afghanistan / Nancy Tapper 14. Revolutionary Rhetoric and Afghan Women / Nancy Hatch Dupree GlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Authors M. Nazif Mohib (EDT)/ Canfield Shahrani
Assisted by Robert Canfield (Editor), M. Nazif Shahrani (Editor), Nazif Shahrani (Editor)
Publisher Indiana University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2018
 
EAN 9780253029782
ISBN 978-0-253-02978-2
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, HISTORY / Middle East / General, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

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