000			01769nam a2200169 a 4500
001			ASIN0521246350
005			20150917090203.0
008			150917s1983 xxu eng d
020			_a0521246350 (hardcover) _c$119.00
020			_a9780521246354 (hardcover)
100	1		_aAhmed, Akbar S.
245	1	0	_aReligion and politics in muslim society : _border and conflict in pakistan / _cAkbar S. Ahmed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bCambridge University Press, _c1983.
300			_a232 p. ; _c23 cm.
520			_aThis analysis of Muslim unrest is based on an extended case study of northwestern Pakistan. Professor Ahmed examines power, authority, and religious status as the critical intermediary level of society: that of the district or Agency, which was the key unit of administration in British India. Amhed has joined his insights as anthropologist with his experience as a political agent in Waziristan to produce an innovative and detailed work. The book focuses on the emergence of a mullah in Waziristan who challenges the state. A religious leader's challenge of the state is not new; but contemporary Muslim society's widespread concern over these conflicts reveals that the influence of religion in a traditional society undergoing modernization is greater than many scholars have assumed. The author identifies three types of leaders: traditional leaders, usually elders; representatives of the established state authority; and religious functionaries. From this analysis he constructs an 'Islamic district paradigm,' which he uses not only in making sense of contemporary Muslim society, but also in understanding some aspects of the legacy of the colonial encounter.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521246350/chopaconline-20
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