Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan - Fear, Desire and Revolutionary Horizons

An astute look at how neoliberalism is ravaging the postcolonial world through the lens of Pakistan

List of contents

Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction: Middle-class hegemonies in theory and history

1. The Integral State

2. Fear and desire

3. The digital lifeworld

4. The classless subject

Epilogue

Notes

Index

About the author

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. He is the author of three books, most recently The Politics of Common Sense: State, Society and Culture in Pakistan. He writes for DAWN, one of Pakistan's leading newspapers.

Summary

An astute look at how neoliberalism is ravaging the postcolonial world through the lens of Pakistan

Product details

• Authors: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Aasim (National Institute of Pakist Sajjad Akhtar, Aasim (National Institute of Pakistan Studies Sajjad Akhtar, Sajjad Akhtar Aasim, Aasim Sajjad-Akhtar
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780745346663
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4666-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Pakistan, Media Studies, Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, 21st Century, Political activism, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Digital lifestyle, Colonialism & imperialism, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political Economy, Colonialism and imperialism, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political activism / Political engagement