Resistance and Control in Pakistan - Softcover

Ahmed, Akbar S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415057973 ISBN 13: 9780415057974

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

Drawing on his experience as an anthropologist and political agent in Waziristan, the author offers new insight into recent governmental and military upheaval in Pakistan.

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Review

'Akbar Ahmed is probably the world's best-known scholar on contemporary Islam.' - BBC

From the Back Cover

How can people in the West make sense of contemporary unrest in the Muslim world? Is Islamic fundamentalism to be understood purely in religious terms?

In Resistance and Control in Pakistan, one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed, illuminates what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes. He does this by telling the dramatic story of the revolt of the Mullah of Waziristan in northwest Pakistan and by placing it within the context of other movements occurring elsewhere in the Islamic world. He also examines the social structure and operative principles in Muslim society and scrutinizes the influence of religion in a society that is undergoing modernization.

Till now, there has been little available literature on this topic. This book, written by an eminent scholar with an international reputation fills this gap, giving students of politics, sociology and Asian studies a revealing examination of the Muslim world today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415057973
• ISBN 13: 9780415057974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240