Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan (Cambridge Middle East Library, Series Number 8) - Hardcover

Oliver Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521328330 ISBN 13: 9780521328333

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

In this book, Olivier Roy examines the history, ideology and structures of the Afghan resistance. He argues that the forces opposing Marxist rule of the country, though advocating a return to the basic tenets of Islam, are far from reactionary or backward-looking. Indeed he sees an Islamic revolution, advocating a modernisation of Afghan society, taking place under the eyes of the Russian occupation forces, whose efforts to contain it have so far served mainly to consolidate it. This penetrating study charts the history of resistance to the present Afghan central government and its Russian ally. The first five chapters deal with the political, social and religious history of Afghanistan UP to 1978 and later chapters are concerned with the organisation of resistance, the parties involved and the differences between various groups, as well as their relations with Pakistan.

About this title

Book Description:

This history of the Afghan resistance movement has been expanded and updated to mid 1989 to include its evolution over the last years of Soviet occupation as well as its relations with Islamic fundamentalist movements.

About the Author:

Olivier Roy is Professor at EHESS, the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, in Paris. Among his books are "The Failure of Political Islam and Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah".

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521328330
• ISBN 13: 9780521328333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253