Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Imagining Pakistan

Modernism, State, and the Politics of Islamic Revival

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the conflict between two visions for Pakistan: a modern constitutional framework and an Islamist state. The author argues that Western liberal ideas were at the root of Pakistan's creation, analyzes the society's drift away from its founding philosophy, and assesses optimistic indications of its revival.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781498553971
• ISBN-10: 1498553974
• Artikelnr.: 57577306

Autorenporträt

By Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Islam and the State Chapter 3: Modernism
and Imagining of Pakistan Chapter 4: Erosion of Modernist Tradition Chapter
5: State in Decline Chapter 6: The Politics of Islamic Revival Chapter 7:
The Struggle Within Chapter 8: Conclusion: Reviving the State and Society