Katayon Sarlak

Institutional Metamorphosis at the Intersection of Discourses: An Examination of the Conflict Between Posited Rationality and Traditional Legitimacy in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

This study aims to dissect the epistemological roots of political stagnation in Afghanistan by examining the dialectical tension between “modern posited rationality” and “premodern traditional legitimacy” during the period from 2001 to 2021. The central research question is based on the proposition of how the “regime o...