Hafizullah Emadi

Politics of Despotic Leaders (eBook, ePUB)

Subversion, Repression and Development in the Hazara Ismaili Community of Afghanistan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book demonstrates the prominent role the local religious leaders played in the lives of the Ismaili community and the governance strategies they adopted to portray themselves as demi-god forcing people to develop blind faith in them, submit to their leadership and follow their dictates unquestioned.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781803746500
• Artikelnr.: 72317726

Autorenporträt

Hafizullah Emadi received a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate degree from the University of Hawaii-Mano. Since then he taught and conducted research at various academic and research institutions in the United States. He worked as a consultant for international non-government agencies and writes on international affairs, community development and minority communities and women issues in the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern European countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Ismailis: Historical Perspective - The Hazara Ismailis: Society and Polity - Despotic Leaders: Politics of Domination - Crisis of Leadership: Dissident Movements - Political Mobilization: Troubled Terrain - Epiphanic Fiefdom: Erosion of Influence - Modern Institutions: The Imamat Initiatives.