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Beschreibung
Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the need to understand the group's history and ideology has only increased. Jan-Peter Hartung's timely study examines the phenomenon of the Taliban through a topographically, ethnically and geo-politically distinct space: the Pashtun Borderland of today's Afghanistan and Pakistan. Emphasising the central role of Pashtun ethnicity, Hartung covers approximately five hundred years of Pashtun history: from the early modern Mughal empire to the first Durrani Empire in the eighteenth century and the regional developments during the colonial period in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Drawing from a wealth of primary source materials in Pashto, Persian, Urdu and Arabic, Hartung moves the discussion of the Taliban beyond the immediacy of journalistic reportage and security-orientated studies, to a nuanced analysis of a wide range of actors and ideologies, refracting Afghanistan's present moment through the lens of its long cultural and religious history.
Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the need to understand the group's history and ideology has only increased. Jan-Peter Hartung's timely study examines the phenomenon of the Taliban through a topographically, ethnically and geo-politically distinct space: the Pashtun Borderland of today's Afghanistan and Pakistan. Emphasising the central role of Pashtun ethnicity, Hartung covers approximately five hundred years of Pashtun history: from the early modern Mughal empire to the first Durrani Empire in the eighteenth century and the regional developments during the colonial period in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Drawing from a wealth of primary source materials in Pashto, Persian, Urdu and Arabic, Hartung moves the discussion of the Taliban beyond the immediacy of journalistic reportage and security-orientated studies, to a nuanced analysis of a wide range of actors and ideologies, refracting Afghanistan's present moment through the lens of its long cultural and religious history.
Über den Autor
Jan-Peter Hartung has a MA in South and Central Asian Studies and Philosophy and a doctorate Study of Religions and a senior doctorate (Habilitation) in the Study of Islam. His special focus is on South Asia and the wider Persianate world from around the 18th century to the present.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Setting the Stage: Conceptualizing the 'Pashtun Borderland'; 3. Chief Trajectories of Militant Religious Activism in the Pashtun Borderland: The Antecedents; 4. Chief Trajectories of Militant Religious Activism in the Pashtun Borderland: Acceleration in the Twentieth and Twenty¿First Centuries; 5. Epilogue: Who and What Were - and Are - (The) Taliban?; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781009289276
ISBN-10: 1009289276
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Hartung, Jan-Peter
Hersteller: Cambridge University Pr.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Jan-Peter Hartung
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.12.2024
Gewicht: 0,994 kg
Artikel-ID: 131030521

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