Problems in Establishing Legitimacy in Afghanistan

Barfield, Thomas

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“…[14] Pashtuns had many reasons for their violent behavior. One of their justifications was that Afghanistan was ruled by Pashtuns since the establishment of the Durrani Empire in 1747 [15]. In the past, Afghanistan was a region of the Persian Empire.…”

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<i>The Kite Runner</i> and the Problem of Racism and Ethnicity

Hosseini

Zohdi

2016

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Racism is a worldwide matter that is based on the physical characteristics of people's division into different categories on which some people become superior and some inferior. Racism and ethnicity are usually considered as the same concepts while in fact ethnicity is a sub-class of racism. In every nation, there are some ethnic groups with the same origin and similar customs that may or may not be judged equally by the power-handler ethnic groups. An example of such country is Afghanistan which is severely an ethnic country. This study explores the social, cultural, and scientific investigations done on the people's races and ethnical characteristics by using Afghan types as examples. Racism is not the result of scientific observation, but it is due to the human differences that happened between 16th and 19th century when people began differentiating among themselves. This aspect of racism is well expressed by the American sociologist "Feagin". In his view, the natural superiority of some people over others is rejected. The novel The Kite Runner depicts the two major Afghan ethnical populations, Pashtun and Hazara, and their social, cultural, and religious conflicts. Accordingly, this article will try to examine the root of ethnic prejudices and oppression among the Afghan people in the novel and the reasons for their ethnic conducts are explained and analyzed based on the Feagin’s denial of human difference. Moreover, by providing some evidence it is proved that the biological difference is just some excuses for the powerful section to gain their egotistic goals.

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<i>The Kite Runner</i> and the Problem of Racism and Ethnicity

Hosseini

Zohdi

2016

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“…democratic elections were taken in 1988 but the election were boycotted by the mujahedeen (Barfield 2004;Giustozzi 2000). After the Soviet departure from Afghanistan, the government faced strong resistance from different direction.…”

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“…Removal of has been caused by changes in the Soviet Union, where came to power Gorbachev. Babrak (Akbar 1988; Barfield 2004). In many areas, it substantially conceded control to these militias, another landmark in the disintegration of the state in Afghanistan.…”

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2016

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Журнал зарегистрирован в Управлении Федеральной службы по надзору в сфере связи, информационных технологий и массовых коммуникаций. Свидетельство о регистрации средства массовой информации ПИ №ФС77-53079 от 07 марта 2013г. Журнал размещен в Научной электронной библиотеке (участвует в программе по формированию РИНЦ). Подписной индекс в объединенном каталоге «Пресса России» № 11899.

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“…A new constitution with fundamental principles was adopted by the government in April 1980, and many non-PDPA members were take part into the government as part of the government's new approach of widening its support base (Amin 1984). But Karmal's strategies failed to bring reconciliation to the war-ravaged country, and in 1986 he was replaced by Mohammad Najibullah and a new Afghan constitution was adopted in 1987 and 23.00.00 -ПОЛИТОЛОГИЯ 5 democratic elections were taken in 1988 but the election were boycotted by the mujahedeen (Barfield 2004;Giustozzi 2000). After the Soviet departure from Afghanistan, the government faced strong resistance from different direction.…”

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Political Regime: An Overview During Existence of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1978-1992

Sarmachar¹

2016

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Political history of Afghanistan is the history of power struggles, bloody coups, and instability. During the regime Afghanistan experienced huge power struggle, civil war, excessive human right violations, executions and mass killing, rise of the international terrorist group Taliban. Every single political event happened during that time by the direct or indirect support and the involvement of the two giants USSR and USA, where the division or lack of unity among the different nationalities of Afghanistan had played its role as a catalyst. On

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Problems in Establishing Legitimacy in Afghanistan

Cited by 54 publications

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<i>The Kite Runner</i> and the Problem of Racism and Ethnicity

<i>The Kite Runner</i> and the Problem of Racism and Ethnicity

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