PSCI 2102 Lecture Notes - Religious Education, Pashtunwali, Cesspit
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Class 13 psci2102b april 8, 2014. Loeb a602, review session on day before exam, 2:00pm 5:00pm. Words, concepts, persons, places: explain who/what this thing is, and why it matters (about a page) 2 sets of questions; applying to one country, what is this: religious conflict, ethnicity, populism, one to specific country, another question in general (everything) Everybody tries to conquer it but nobody has; the graveyard of empires . Extreme case of looking at ethnicity, sectarianism, corruption, and nationalism. Some of the world"s highest mountains right through the middle of the country: it is divided by these mountains and by ethnicity because of these mountains, also strategically important; Has path of invasion to india; path of conquest. Dance of government between central government and all of the other ethnicities. Pashtuns largest group; 41% of population; have always run the central government. British drew line to defend their strategic interest. Code of conduct written by pashtuns: melmastia.