Heroes of the Age

Informationen zum Autor David B. Edwards is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Williams College and Director of the Williams Afghan Media Project. Klappentext "This is a wonderful, absorbing, moving book."Barbara Metcalf, University of California, Davis "An original and significant work that is beautifully written and passionately engaged with material that is fascinating from start to finish. It is one of the best first books I have read in a long, long time."Steven Caton, New School for Social Research "A telling analytical juxtaposition of texts in family oral history, saint's legend, autobiography, and edict, amounting to a new approach to Middle Eastern discourse analysis and social history."Margaret Mills, University of Pennsylvania Zusammenfassung Seeking the historical and cultural roots of the conflict between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam, this work examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century - a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgments List of Significant Persons 1. INTRODUCTION Beginnings Recollecting the Past Contested Domains 2. THE MAKING OF SULTAN MUHAMMAD KHAN Myth and History Fathers and Sons Men and Women Friends and Enemies Coda: Jandad's Punishment 3. THE REIGN OF THE IRON AMIR Mapping the State The Once and Future King The Armature of Royal Rule Kingship and Honor Coda: The Death of the King 4. THE LIVES OF AN AFGHAN SAINT Twice-Told Tales Fathers and Sons Identity and Place Discipline and Power Benefit and Gratitude Purity and Politics Pirs and Princes Coda: The Journey to Koh-i Qaf 5. MAD MULLAS AND ENGLISHMEN A Passage to India The Events of :1897 and Their Explanation Waging Jihad The Fault Lines of Authority Tales of Jarobi Glen Conclusion 6. EPILOGUE Re: Posting on the Internet Embedded Codes Notes Glossary Bibliography Index...

Autorentext
David B. Edwards is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Williams College and Director of the Williams Afghan Media Project.

Klappentext
"This is a wonderful, absorbing, moving book."Barbara Metcalf, University of California, Davis

"An original and significant work that is beautifully written and passionately engaged with material that is fascinating from start to finish. It is one of the best first books I have read in a long, long time."Steven Caton, New School for Social Research

"A telling analytical juxtaposition of texts in family oral history, saint's legend, autobiography, and edict, amounting to a new approach to Middle Eastern discourse analysis and social history."Margaret Mills, University of Pennsylvania

Zusammenfassung
Seeking the historical and cultural roots of the conflict between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam, this work examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century - a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince.

Inhalt
List of Maps 
Acknowledgments 
List of Significant Persons 

1. INTRODUCTION 
   Beginnings 
   Recollecting the Past 
   Contested Domains 
2. THE MAKING OF SULTAN MUHAMMAD KHAN 
   Myth and History 
   Fathers and Sons 
   Men and Women 
   Friends and Enemies 
   Coda: Jandad's Punishment 
3. THE REIGN OF THE IRON AMIR 
   Mapping the State 
   The Once and Future King 
   The Armature of Royal Rule 
   Kingship and Honor 
   Coda: The Death of the King 
4. THE LIVES OF AN AFGHAN SAINT 
   Twice-Told Tales 
   Fathers and Sons 
   Identity and Place 
   Discipline and Power 
   Benefit and Gratitude
   Purity and Politics
   Pirs and Princes
   Coda: The Journey to Koh-i Qaf
5. MAD MULLAS AND ENGLISHMEN
   A Passage to India
   The Events of :1897 and Their Explanation
   Waging Jihad
   The Fault Lines of Authority
   Tales of Jarobi Glen
   Conclusion
6. EPILOGUE
   Re: Posting on the Internet
   Embedded Codes
   Notes
   Glossary
   Bibliography
   Index