anthropological account of Pukhtun society by Professor Akbar Ahmed. Combining extensive fieldwork data collected among the Mohmand...... more

differences among the teachings of the Abrahamic traditions and raise pivotal questions regarding humanity’s future: What prompted...... more

, Akbar S. Ahmed, illuminates what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes. He does this by...... more

Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary book one of the world s leading Muslim scholars...... more

In this groundbreaking book, Akbar Ahmed, one of the world’s leading authorities on Islam, who has worked in the Muslim...... more

Now reissued with a new introduction, Discovering Islam is a classic account of how the history of I... more

Now reissued with a new introduction, Discovering Islam is a classic account of how the history of I... more

Every generation needs to reinterpret its great men of the past. Akbar Ahmed, by revealing Jinnah’s human face...... more

This book examines the cultural responses of Muslims to the transformations, contradictions and chal... more

This book examines the cultural responses of Muslims to the transformations, contradictions and chal... more

Nucleic acid sequencing is a method for determining the exact order of nucleotides present in a give... more

are decidedly mixed. Here world-renowned author, diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals an important yet largely...... more

this increasingly important religious group and counter mutual distrust, renowned scholar Akbar Ahmed conducted the most...... more

This collection spanning a half century of writing gives a front row seat to a world in turmoil--fro... more

A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences around the concepts of "tribe", ... more

After Terror presents sustained reflections by some of the world s most celebrated thinkers on the most pressing...... more

In this groundbreaking book, Akbar Ahmed, one of the world’s leading authorities on Islam, who has worked in the Muslim...... more

are based on clich s or outright prejudice. This lively and compelling book sets out to bridge the gulf of...... more

landscape of the 1990s. Eminent sociologist David Reisman has argued that the current culture attempts to imitate a purity of...... more

Drawing on anthropological and historical research as well as the author’s extensive fieldwork, this analytical study...... more

This book is about understanding Pakistan’s structural transformation over six decades in a political economy framework...... more

The role of government, institutions, and society has been radically transformed in the last two dec... more

Mataloona, a rare collection of fascinating Pukhtun proverbs and sayings from over the ages, capture... more

Discussing the complex and diverse features of Pakistan society, this selection of papers written by... more

，觀察其他民族不是在觀察異國的、奇異的、怪誕的事物，而是在觀察不同的事物。重點不是在降低差異，而是在解釋差異。 作者簡介 阿克巴.阿赫美德教授(Prof. Akbar S. Ahmed)1943年1月15日出生，現為美國華府美國大學...... more