Modern Afghanistan : the impact of 40 years of war /
edited by M. Nazif Shahrani.
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the impact of four decades of war and violence on afghan society and political culture / Technologies of power-competing discourses on national identity, statehood, and state stability -- Afghanistan : a turbulent state in transition / Afghanistan's "traditional" Islam in transition : the deep roots of Taliban extremism / Language, poetry, and identity in Afghanistan : poetic texts, changing contexts / Lineages of the urban state : locating continuity and change in post-2001 Kabul / Webs and spiders : four decades of violence, intervention, and statehood in Afghanistan (1978-2016) / Merchant-warlords : changing forms of leadership in Afghanistan's unstable political economy / Borders, access to strategic resources, and challenges to state stability / Brought to you by foreigners, warlords, and local activists : TV and the Afghan culture wars / Personal and collective identities, gender relations, and the trust deficit -- "The war destroyed our society" : masculinity, violence, and shifting cultural idioms among Afghan Pashtun / Engendering the Taliban / Anticipating discontinuous change : Afghanistan in retrospect and prospect / Adapting to a new political ecology of uncertainties at the margins -- Badakhshanis since the Saur revolution : struggle, triumph, hope, and uncertainty / Hazara civil society activists and local, national, and international political institutions / Adapting to three decades of uncertainty : the flexibility of social institutions among Baloch groups in Afghanistan / Party institutionalization meets women's empowerment? Acquiring power and influence in Afghanistan / Violence, social services delivery, and the rising trust deficit -- Childbirth and social change in Afghanistan / Signatures of distrust in contemporary Afghanistan : more than a decade of development effort for vulnerable groups : the case of disability / Nazif Shahrani -- Amin Saikal -- Bashir Ahmad Ansari -- Mohammad Omar Sharifi -- Khalid Homayun Nadiri and M. Farshid Alemi Hakimyar -- Timor Sharan -- Noah Coburn -- Ahmad Shayeq Qassem -- Wazhmah Osman -- Andrea Chiovenda -- Sonia Ahsan -- Robert L. Canfield and Fahim Masoud -- M. Nazif Shahrani -- Melissa Kerr Chiovenda -- Just Boedeker -- Ann Larson -- Kylea Laina Liese -- Parul Bakhshi and Jean-Francois Trani.
What impact does 40 years of war, violence, and military intervention have on a country and its people? Modern Afghanistan is a collection of the work of interdisciplinary scholars, aid workers, and citizens to assess the impact of this prolonged conflict on Afghanistan. Nearly all of the people in Afghan society have been affected by persistent violent conflict. The book focuses on social and political dynamics, issues of gender, and the shifting relationships between tribal, sectarian, and regional communities. Contributors consider topics ranging from masculinity among the Afghan Pashtun to services offered for the disabled, and from Taliban extremism to the role of TV in the Afghan culture wars. Prioritizing the perspective and experiences of the people of Afghanistan, new insights are shared into the lives of those who are hoping to build a secure future on the rubble of a violent past.
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Violence--Afghanistan. Political stability--Afghanistan.