Promise of Pakistan

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.

About the author

S. Sayyid is a reader in rhetoric at the University of Leeds. He is the founding editor of ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies. His publications include Recalling the Caliphate and the volume (co-edited with AbdoolKarim Vakil) Thinking through Islamophobia.

Summary

A bold reconception of Pakistan and Pakistani identity, in which Sayyid offers a radical new formulation of postcolonial nationhood.

Product details

• Authors: S. Sayyid, Sayyid S.
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.11.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9781786994042
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-404-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Philosophie, Islam, Politikwissenschaft, Nationalismus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Pakistan, PHILOSOPHY / General, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, RELIGION / Islam / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Nationalism, Philosophy, Political science & theory, Religion & politics, Asian History, Religion and Politics, Political science and theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, For higher / tertiary / university education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher