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Discovering Islam

Making Sense of Muslim History and Society

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Discovering Islam

Making Sense of Muslim History and Society

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1134495420

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9781134495429

Postmodernism and Islam

Predicament and Promise

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Postmodernism and Islam

Predicament and Promise

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area which has which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field - the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is startling, constantly perceptive and certain to be debated for years to come.

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1134924178

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Pukhtun Economy and Society

Traditional Structure and Economic Development in a Tribal Society

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Pukhtun Economy and Society

Traditional Structure and Economic Development in a Tribal Society

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

First published in 1980, this groundbreaking Routledge Revival is a reissue of an original and authentic anthropological account of Pukhtun society by Professor Akbar Ahmed. Combining extensive fieldwork data collected among the Mohmand tribe in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan with historical and literary sources, Professor Ahmed's study seeks to construct an ideal-type model of Pukhtun society based on the ideal Code of the Pukhtuns and to analyse the conditions of its maintenance and transformation. The author's thesis is that this ideal model exists within Pukhtun society when interaction with larger state systems is minimal and in poor economic zones. In this way he posits an opposition between the Tribal Agencies along the border with Afghanistan, where ecological conditions are poor and state influence minimal, and the Settled Areas under state administration where Pukhtun society is forced away from its ideals.

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Routledge

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0415687950

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9780415687959

The Thistle and the Drone

How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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The Thistle and the Drone

How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

Argues that the campaigns that fall under "The War on Terror" have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central Islamic governments and the tribal societies within their borders.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815723784

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9780815723783

Suspended Somewhere Between

A Book of Verse

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Suspended Somewhere Between

A Book of Verse

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

This collection spanning a half century of writing gives a front row seat to a world in turmoil?from the forbidding valleys and mountains of Waziristan in the tribal areas of Pakistan to the think tanks and halls of power in Washington, DC. And through it all, they carry the message of hope and compassion. Throughout the range of poems from introspective and reflective to romantic and emotive to historical and political exists the optimism and faith of a young man with confidence in the future in the midst of change and uncertainty.

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Busboys and Poets Press

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1604864850

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9781604864854

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity

The Search for Saladin

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity

The Search for Saladin

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

Every generation needs to reinterpret its great men of the past. Akbar Ahmed, by revealing Jinnah's human face alongside his heroic achievement, both makes this statesman accessible to the current age and renders his greatness even clearer than before. Four men shaped the end of British rule in India: Nehru, Gandhi, Mountbatten and Jinnah. We know a great deal about the first three, but Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, has mostly either been ignored or, in the case of Richard Attenborough's hugely successful film about Gandhi, portrayed as a cold megalomaniac, bent on the bloody partition of India. Akbar Ahmed's major study redresses the balance. Drawing on history, semiotics and cultural anthropology as well as more conventional biographical techniques, Akbar S. Ahmad presents a rounded picture of the man and shows his relevance as contemporary Islam debates alternative forms of political leadership in a world dominated (at least in the Western media) by figures like Colonel Gadaffi and Saddam Hussein.

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Psychology Press

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0415149657

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9780415149655

Rentier Capitalism

Disorganised Development and Social Injustice in Pakistan

By: S. Ahmed

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Rentier Capitalism

Disorganised Development and Social Injustice in Pakistan

By: S. Ahmed

Since the early 1950s East Asia (China, Taiwan and South Korea) and South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) have, despite war and other challenges, managed to transform the lives of their people, whereas South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) has lagged behind. The success of East and South-East Asia has not been accidental – it has been driven by action to reduce rural poverty, by the provision of decent education and health services to the people, and by high quality physical and institutional infrastructure, such as roads, ports and railways, and targeted support from the State to develop particular industries. In contrast, Pakistan has never confronted the problem of rural poverty, nor invested in public services. This failure is a reflection of the power of the landed class and its urban allies. This has now taken the form of widespread rent-seeking in the economy with the country's ruling elite sharing out the spoils amongst themselves rather than taking measures to grow the size of the economy so that all might share in the resulting prosperity. Rentier Capitalism sheds light on the reasons behind Pakistan's failure to bring prosperity to its people when compared to other East Asian and South-East Asian countries.

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Springer

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1137554479

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9781137554475

Living Islam

From Samarkand to Stornoway

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Living Islam

From Samarkand to Stornoway

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

An examination of Islam, its history, culture and values. It discusses the conflict between Islam and Western ideologies, and the problems that Muslims face in the modern world. The pressures and practices of Muslims living as minorities in India, Israel, America and Britain are explored.

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0140250204

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9780140250206

Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

By: S. Ahmed,L.B. Brattsten

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Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

By: S. Ahmed,L.B. Brattsten

Thanks to the meticulous and enthusiastic work of insect collectors and taxonomists over the past hundred years and more, we have today a large amount of information on the feeding habits and life styles of sev eral hundred thousands of insect species. Insects that feed on plants during at least one of their life stages constitute about half of the three-quarters of a million described species. Their numbers both in terms of species and individuals together with their small but macroscopic sizes makes the insect-plant biological interface perhaps the most conspicuous, diverse and largest assemblage of intimate interspecies interactions in existence. It is also perhaps the most important biological interface be cause of the plants' role as primary producers upon which all other forms of earthly life depend, thereby bringing herbivorous insects occasionally into direct competition with human food and fiber production. Early enthusiasm revealed many remarkable specializations and associ ations between insects and plants, and occasionally assigned chemical me diators for them. However, the modern practices of large scale crop pro tection by synthetic pesticides and their attendant problems, particularly with resistance in "pests" and destruction of natural enemies, have been in large measure responsible for drawing our attention to the mechanisms whereby plants control insect populations and insects adapt to the plants' defenses. These practices have also brought home the importance of chemical mediators in practically all aspects of insect activities and, in parti cular, the importance of plant allelochemicals in maintaining and balan cing insect-plant associations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461318653

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9781461318651

Resistance and Control in Pakistan

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Resistance and Control in Pakistan

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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.

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Routledge

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1134273738

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Religion and Politics in Muslim Society

Order and Conflict in Pakistan

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

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Religion and Politics in Muslim Society

Order and Conflict in Pakistan

By: Akbar S. Ahmed

This 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.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521246350

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9780521246354

The Flying Man: Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today

By: Akbar Ahmed

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The Flying Man: Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today

By: Akbar Ahmed

In this inspiring book Professor Akbar Ahmed continues his personal quest of bridging the gap between the Orient and the West, as he did in his earlier books and projects.

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Amana Publications

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1590080998

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9781590080993

Book's by S. Ahmed

Discovering Islam

Discovering Islam

Postmodernism and Islam

Postmodernism and Islam

Pukhtun Economy and Society

Pukhtun Economy and Society

The Thistle and the Drone

The Thistle and the Drone

Suspended Somewhere Between

Suspended Somewhere Between

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity

Rentier Capitalism

Rentier Capitalism

Living Islam

Living Islam

Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

Resistance and Control in Pakistan

Resistance and Control in Pakistan

Religion and Politics in Muslim Society

Religion and Politics in Muslim Society

The Flying Man: Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today

The Flying Man: Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today

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