Bibliograph

Imagining Pakistan, modernism, state, and the politics of Islamic revival, Rasul Bakhsh Rais

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Imagining Pakistan, modernism, state, and the politics of Islamic revival, Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Imagining Pakistan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

990836738

Responsibility statement

Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Sub title

modernism, state, and the politics of Islamic revival

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

Table Of 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: Reviving the State and Society

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