The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan 2009
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvk12qf0.9
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The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere

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“…As "Commander of the Faithful", Mullah Omar viewed his own role as that of rightful successor to the Prophet in Afghan lands, a role reinforced with symbols like his personal use of perfume believed to be the same as Mohammed's (Evan, 2002;Cole, 2003). The Taliban government made clear that material progress would come second in importance to spiritual progress, and thereby it revived public executions as an exemplary measure to educate society in virtue.…”
Section: Ijcma 201mentioning
confidence: 95%
“…As "Commander of the Faithful", Mullah Omar viewed his own role as that of rightful successor to the Prophet in Afghan lands, a role reinforced with symbols like his personal use of perfume believed to be the same as Mohammed's (Evan, 2002;Cole, 2003). The Taliban government made clear that material progress would come second in importance to spiritual progress, and thereby it revived public executions as an exemplary measure to educate society in virtue.…”
Section: Ijcma 201mentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Out of this chaos the Taliban emerged to weave another thread into the texture of Afghan legal traditions. A striking feature of Taliban rule was a redefinition of the private and the public spheres, as Juan Cole points out [9]. Religion was deprivatized -how and where individuals worshipped was now a matter of public law and state enforcement.…”
Section: Legal Traditions and Previous Legal Reformsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…These and similar strictures were expressed in detailed decrees issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (an institution that pre-dated the Taliban). Transgressions were punished by public displays of exemplary violence that, 'as in Foucault's old regime.... inscribed the power of the state on the body of the offender [9]. ' By the time the Taliban regime was overthrown, the old state apparatus was in ruins, and, with it, the formal system of justice that had developed since the late 19th century.…”
Section: Legal Traditions and Previous Legal Reformsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Placing the public (unveiled) body in continual contrast with the private (veiled) body contributes to the identification of the former as both an example of modernity and, as demonstrated in this article, an example of democratic expectations of liberty and freedom (Barlas 2002). Moreover, democratic ideals and communicative processes in capitalist societies such as the US are often subverted by the economic power of large corporations (Cole 2003). Modifications to the feminine body through beauty products, dress, or surgery are not compulsory; however, the expected corporeal appearances and performances as part of public life for women are fraught with subtle complications associated with seductive power such as found in advertising (see Allen 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%