Pashtun Borderland - A Religious and Cultural History of the Taliban

"A history of the religious and socio political developments in the Pashtun borderland of modern Afghanistan and Pakistan since the 17th century, and how these have informed the worldview of the various Taliban organizations of present times"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Setting the Stage: Conceptualizing the 'Pashtun Borderland'; 3. Chief Trajectories of Militant Religious Activism in the Pashtun Borderland: The Antecedents; 4. Chief Trajectories of Militant Religious Activism in the Pashtun Borderland: Acceleration in the Twentieth and Twenty¿First Centuries; 5. Epilogue: Who and What Were - and Are - (The) Taliban?; Bibliography.

About the author

Jan-Peter Hartung has a MA in South and Central Asian Studies and Philosophy and a doctorate Study of Religions and a senior doctorate (Habilitation) in the Study of Islam. His special focus is on South Asia and the wider Persianate world from around the 18th century to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Jan-Peter Hartung, Jan-Peter (Friedrich-Alexander-Universita Hartung, Jan-Peter (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg Hartung, Hartung Jan-Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009289276
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928927-6
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, Afghanistan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, RELIGION / Islam / Sunni, Political Geography, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, Relating to people of the South Asian diasporas / heritage, Islamic groups: Sunni, Alsalaf