The ideological transition within the Taliban movement has witnessed several trajectories.Starting from a socio-cultural movement for bringing about law and order in the society as the ruler of Kabul in the mid-1990s;...The ideological transition within the Taliban movement has witnessed several trajectories.Starting from a socio-cultural movement for bringing about law and order in the society as the ruler of Kabul in the mid-1990s;the movement experienced various phases where its norms and practices appeared alien to the socio-cultural fabric of the majority part of the modern Afghan state.At the present juncture,the movement’s aim is to become the ruler of Kabul again but with a new outlook.The movement and its leadership have entered an epoch different from the old Taliban to neo-Taliban and presents themselves as chief propagators of peace within the organisation that only reflects the Taliban’s desperate attempt to save the movement and present it as an alternative to the US backed Afghan government.展开更多
Pashtuns have been subjected to the colonially constructed representation of themselves which is grounded on certain generalisations and stereotypes that were framed and propagated during the time of British military ...Pashtuns have been subjected to the colonially constructed representation of themselves which is grounded on certain generalisations and stereotypes that were framed and propagated during the time of British military encounters with the frontier tribes,residing in Afghanistan and present day Pakistan’s frontier region.The oriental representation of the Pashtuns in western academic writings is the result of the vast literature that were produced based on the experiences of British military expeditions against the so-called tribal Pashtuns.Although throughout history there have been instances of non-violent movements initiated by the Pashtuns,the persistence of colonial knowledge has made it impossible to deconstruct the notion surrounding Pashtuns as‘inherently ferocious’and‘violent’in nature from the popular conscience.In such an environment the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement(PTM),a non-violent human rights movement in Pakistan,is trying to present a counter narrative to the image of‘Violent Pashtuns’from the popular discourse at present.This research critically analyses the representation of Pashtuns in both past and the contemporary literature and other popular media which help in building narratives and deciding on the policies of the state(Pakistan)and other(religious,social or political)organisations towards this group.It highlights the importance of rising beyond the orientalist discourse to focus more on local narratives in understanding about the Pashtuns and their problems.展开更多
文摘The ideological transition within the Taliban movement has witnessed several trajectories.Starting from a socio-cultural movement for bringing about law and order in the society as the ruler of Kabul in the mid-1990s;the movement experienced various phases where its norms and practices appeared alien to the socio-cultural fabric of the majority part of the modern Afghan state.At the present juncture,the movement’s aim is to become the ruler of Kabul again but with a new outlook.The movement and its leadership have entered an epoch different from the old Taliban to neo-Taliban and presents themselves as chief propagators of peace within the organisation that only reflects the Taliban’s desperate attempt to save the movement and present it as an alternative to the US backed Afghan government.
文摘Pashtuns have been subjected to the colonially constructed representation of themselves which is grounded on certain generalisations and stereotypes that were framed and propagated during the time of British military encounters with the frontier tribes,residing in Afghanistan and present day Pakistan’s frontier region.The oriental representation of the Pashtuns in western academic writings is the result of the vast literature that were produced based on the experiences of British military expeditions against the so-called tribal Pashtuns.Although throughout history there have been instances of non-violent movements initiated by the Pashtuns,the persistence of colonial knowledge has made it impossible to deconstruct the notion surrounding Pashtuns as‘inherently ferocious’and‘violent’in nature from the popular conscience.In such an environment the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement(PTM),a non-violent human rights movement in Pakistan,is trying to present a counter narrative to the image of‘Violent Pashtuns’from the popular discourse at present.This research critically analyses the representation of Pashtuns in both past and the contemporary literature and other popular media which help in building narratives and deciding on the policies of the state(Pakistan)and other(religious,social or political)organisations towards this group.It highlights the importance of rising beyond the orientalist discourse to focus more on local narratives in understanding about the Pashtuns and their problems.
