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Imagining Pakistan : Modernism, State, and the Politics of Islamic Revival.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498553964
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imagining PakistanDDC classification:
  • 320.9549/1
LOC classification:
  • DS384.R357 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Islam and the State -- 3 Modernism and Imagining of Pakistan -- 4 Erosion of Modernist Tradition -- 5 The State in Decline -- 6 The Politics of Islamic Revival -- 7 The Struggle Within -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Islam and the State -- 3 Modernism and Imagining of Pakistan -- 4 Erosion of Modernist Tradition -- 5 The State in Decline -- 6 The Politics of Islamic Revival -- 7 The Struggle Within -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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