Afghanistan

Name: Afghanistan
ISBN: 9787802305601

王凤Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP)2007

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Word count: 323 words
Chapters: 40
Series: Encyclopaedia of Nations
ISBN: 9787802305601

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Summary

This volume is the Afghanistan installment in the "Guides to the World" series published by the Social Sciences Academic Press, compiled by Wang Feng, a scholar at the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who has long researched Middle Eastern affairs. Landlocked in the heart of Asia, Afghanistan borders Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north, Iran to the west, and Pakistan to the south and east, while its narrow northeastern Wakhan Corridor touches China. Since antiquity a meeting point of Eastern and Western civilizations and a arena of great-power rivalry, it has been called the "crossroads of Asia." Following the national-guide format, the book is organized into seven chapters covering the country's natural and human foundations, historical evolution, political system, economic structure, military forces, culture, education and health, and foreign relations: from geographic location, administrative divisions, mountains, rivers and climate, mineral, plant and animal resources, to population, ethnic groups, languages, religion, and folk customs and festivals; from the succession of ancient civilizations and the Arab and Mongol conquests, to the founding of the Durrani dynasty, the 19th-century Anglo-Afghan Wars, Amanullah Khan's independence and reforms, the reign of Zahir Shah, the Daoud coup, the Soviet invasion, civil war and the rise of the Taliban, up to the reconstruction process after the September 11 attacks of 2001. Separate chapters survey political parties and local military-political factions, agriculture and animal husbandry, industry, mining and transport, finance and foreign trade, education, science and technology, and the press and publishing, as well as Afghanistan's relations with the United States, Russia and Central Asia, Pakistan, Iran, India and China. Factually detailed and clearly organized, the book is an important Chinese-language reference for understanding Afghanistan's national conditions and the Afghan question.

Editor's review

在中文世界里，想用一本书快速建立对阿富汗的整体认知，社科院版的《列国志·阿富汗》通常是绕不开的起点。它不靠碎片化的新闻和情绪化的叙事，而是以国别志的严谨体例，把地形气候、民族宗教、王朝更替、政党派别、财政外贸、军队与外交逐项铺开，给读者一张结构完整、可反复查阅的“国情底图”。编著者王凤长期在中国社会科学院西亚非洲研究所从事中东与阿富汗问题研究，书中对杜兰尼王朝、英阿战争、阿曼努拉汗改革、苏联入侵、内战与塔利班崛起等关键环节的梳理，线索清楚、取舍有度；对普什图、塔吉克、哈扎拉、乌兹别克等民族与逊尼派、什叶派格局的介绍，也帮助读者理解这个国家为何难以被简单概括。作为2007年出版的版本，它自然无法覆盖此后卡尔扎伊政府后期、加尼时期与2021年塔利班重新掌权等变化，适合作为“基础框架”而非“时事手册”使用；想追踪最新局势，可配合新版《列国志·阿富汗（第2版）》一起读。

Who it's for

A good fit for

国际关系、区域国别研究专业的本科生、研究生与教师
关注中亚、南亚局势与反恐议题的媒体与研究人员
赴阿富汗及周边国家从事工程、贸易与援外工作的从业者
希望系统了解阿富汗历史地理与国情的深度阅读者

Not a good fit for

只想追最新时事、要了解2021年后塔利班执政现状的读者
偏好叙事性回忆录或战地报道文体的普通读者

Reading tips

先读导言与第一章，建立地理、民族、宗教的“底图”，再进入历史章节，追溯与阿富汗当前局势相关的脉络。
把第三章“政治军事派别”和第七章“外交”放在一起读，更容易理解部落、政党与外部力量交织的作用机制。
阅读时随时对照地图与大事年表，对地名、王朝与人名做简要笔记，可显著提高记忆效率。
留意本书成书于2007年，涉及当代政局与数据的部分应结合新版《列国志》或近年研究成果加以更新。

About the publisher

Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) China · Founded in 1985

Founded in 1985, Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) is known for its "Pishu" (Blue Book) series, Pishu database, and academic journals, and has long been dedicated to professional academic publishing in the humanities and social sciences. The books in the library cover foreign literature, social sciences, world history, historical reading, politics, and classical poetry. They include cross-cultural works such as The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai (3 volumes, centenary commemorative revised edition) and Similar in Form, Different in Essence: What Are the Structural Differences Between Traditional Chinese and Japanese Political Cultures, as well as world history translations such as The Hundred Years War, Volume 1: Trial by Battle (2 volumes) and To End All Wars: Loyalty, Rebellion, and World War I (1914–1918), along with social science and historical studies such as Six Essays on Spontaneity: Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play, The Return of the Fierce General: A New Jiangnan History of Dongting East Mountain, and An Example-Based Guide to the Method of Organizing Tang Poetry Documents. Its authors include Yehuda Amichai, Fu Hao, Ge Zhaoguang, Jonathan Sumption, and Adam Hochschild. Public information is limited, so this introduction focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the library's books.

Introduction
Chapter One Land and People
Section One Physical Geography (Location, Administrative Divisions, Topography, Rivers and Lakes, Climate)
Section Two Natural Resources (Geological Structure, Minerals, Plants, Animals)
Section Three Inhabitants and Religion (Population, Ethnic Groups, Languages, Religion)
Section Four Folk Customs and Festivals (Customs, Food, Dress, Housing Types, Festivals)
Chapter Two History
Section One A Brief History of Antiquity
Section Two A Brief History of the Medieval Period
Section Three A Brief History of the Modern and Contemporary Era
Section Four A Brief Contemporary History
Section Five Important Historical and Political Figures
Chapter Three Politics
Section One The Evolution of the Political System
Section Two Current Administrative Bodies
Section Three Legislation and the Judiciary
Section Four Political and Military Factions
Chapter Four Economy
Section One Overview
Section Two Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Section Three Industry and Mining
Section Four Transport
Section Five Finance
Section Six Foreign Trade
Section Seven Tourism
Section Eight The People's Livelihood
Chapter Five Military Affairs
Section One The Afghan Army Before the 1950s
Section Two The Army After the 1950s
Section Three The Army in the 1990s
Section Four Rebuilding the Afghan Army
Section Five Foreign Troops in Afghanistan
Chapter Six Education, Science, Literature and Art, and Public Health
Section One Education
Section Two Science and Technology
Section Three Literature and Art
Section Four Medicine and Public Health
Section Five Sports
Section Six The Press and Publishing
Chapter Seven Foreign Relations

FAQ

这本书和2024年的《阿富汗（第2版）》有什么区别？

本书为2007年5月初版，王凤编著，共约32.3万字；2024年9月社会科学文献出版社推出“列国志（新版）”的《阿富汗（第2版）》，由王凤、闫伟编著，约41.3万字，增补了此后十余年的局势变化。两者可对照阅读。

这本书是学术专著还是普及读物？

它属于国别志体例的国情工具书，兼具资料性与可读性，叙述平实、按门类编排，既可供研究者查检数据与线索，也适合普通读者系统入门。

书中内容是否涵盖2021年塔利班重新掌权？

不涵盖。本书成书于2007年前后，叙述止于2001年“9·11”事件后卡尔扎伊政府时期的阿富汗重建，读者需借新版或其他资料补充后续发展。

没有相关背景知识能读懂吗？

可以。全书从地理位置、民族、宗教、民俗讲起，术语与机构多以中文通名表述，配合地图和大事年表阅读，入门读者也能跟上。

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王凤 Author

Wang Feng is an author whose work spans a notably wide range of fields, though publicly available information about her is limited and her identity and biographical background remain unclear. Judging from the seven works held in the collection, her writing covers literature, economics, computer science, and management. Among them, the five-volume World Literature Lectures by a University of Tokyo Professor, which she co-authored, offers a systematic survey of world literature from an appreciation-oriented perspective aimed at general readers. A Longer View: Essays in Political Economy reflects her interest in political economy, while AutoCAD 2020 Basics and Practical Examples and its companion training guide are teaching materials on computer-aided design. Another work, Research on the Mechanism by Which Entrepreneurs' Social Traits Contribute to Entrepreneurial Success, addresses entrepreneurial management. Overall, her books combine the practicality of textbooks with the inquiry of academic essays, making them useful to learners and researchers across different fields.