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Fragments of the Afghan Frontier
Magnus MarsdenBenjamin D. Hopkins
出版Hurst Publishers, 2011
主題History / Asia / South / GeneralHistory / Asia / Central AsiaPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / GeopoliticsSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Regional Studies
ISBN18490407299781849040723
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yUf96ofNKowC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Despite the long and intimate history of engagement along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan's North-West, this area and its relationship to the world remains poorly understood in the West's popular imagination. Through the construction of a collage of historical narratives and intense ethnographic encounters, Marsden and Hopkins argue that the simplistic stereotypes and tropes that all too often masquerade as knowledge about the Frontier not only conceal a more complex reality, but are also a source of the problems that local and international actors alike face there. Not some simple isolated depot of radical terrorists or instrumental tribesmen, the Frontier is a space of richly textured meaning, constructed through a history of movement of its inhabitants and their understanding of the world beyond. Fragments of the Afghan Frontier offers a corrective to simplistic understanding both of the region's history and its current realities, leaving the reader with a deeper understanding of the ever-evolving complexity of this globally significant region.