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The Promise of Pakistan

The Promise of Pakistan

Sayyid, S.

Hardcover

General EducationGeneral Political ScienceIndian & South Asian History

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ISBN10: 1786994046
ISBN13: 9781786994042
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: Oct 1 2020
Pages: 208
Language: English
From its very inception, the basis of Pakistani nationhood and identity have been bitterly contested. Its birth tainted by the violence of partition, and its present plagued by religious extremism, some have gone so far as to say that the creation of Pakistan was a historic mistake. The Promise of Pakistan takes us beyond the conventional focus on the apparent failure of Pakistan, arguing that much of this perception stems from a Eurocentric, orientalist framework, which views the country through a kaleidoscope of Western assumptions. Through a combination of historical inquiry and philosophical reformulation, S. Sayyid considers the limits and possibilities of political Islam as a means of building society, offering a new perspective on state building within South Asia and the wider postcolonial world. It is a radical explanation of what Pakistan has become that offers a bold new vision of what it could be.

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