Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan (RLE Iran D) [Hardcover]

In 1978 and 1979 revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran marked a shift in the balance of power in South West Asia and the world. Then, as now, the world is once more aware that tribalism is no anachronism in a struggle for political and cultural self-determination. This books provides historical and anthropological perspectives necessary to the eventual understanding of the events surrounding the revolutions.

1. Introduction Richard Tapper  2. State, Tribe and Empire in Afghan Inter-Polity Relations Rob Hager  3. Khan and Khel: Dialectics of Pakhtun Tribalism Jon W. Anderson  4. Tribes and States in the Khyber, 1838-42 Malcolm Yapp  5. Tribes and States in Waziristan Akbar S Ahmed  6. Political Organisation of Pashtun Nomads and the State Bernt Glatzer  7. Abd Al-Rahmans North West Frontier: The Pashtun Colonisation of Afghan Turkistan Nancy Tapper  8. Why Tribes Have Chiefs: A Case from Baluchistan Philip Carl Salzman  9. Iran and the Qashqai Tribal Confederacy Lois Beck  10. Tribes, Confederation and the State: An Historical Overview of the Bakhtiari and Iran Gene Garthwaite  11. On the Bakhtiari: Comments on Tribes, Confederation and the State Jean-Pierre Digard  12. The Enemy Within: Limitations on Leadership in the Bakhtiari David Brooks  13. Kurdish Tribes and the State of Iran: The Case of Simkos Revolt Martin van Bruinessen  14. Nomads and Commissars in the Mughan Steppe: The Shahsevan Tribes in the Great GameRichard Tapper  15. The Tribal Society and its Enemies Ernest Gellner  16. Tribe and State: Some Concluding Remarks Andrew Strathern

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