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Generosity and jealousyBook 1982 • Lindholm, Charles
Pashtun • Asia > Central Asia
This is a detailed study of Pashtun culture, society and economy based on the author's study of the village of 'Shin Bagh' in northern Pakistan in 1968 and 1977. At the center of Lindholm's analysis is the principle of 'complementary opposition' -- o...Leadership categories and social processes in Islamarticle 1986 • Lindholm, Charles
Pashtun • Asia > Central Asia
This article is a discussion of intersecting roles of religious and political leadership in two Muslim societies in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. The author uses a four-stage model of leadership comprised of learned (Mufti), warrior (M...