Imagining Pakistan : modernism, state, and the politics of Islamic revival /
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 opti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2017].
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| 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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| Physical Description: | xii, 221 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1498553958 9781498553957 9781498553971 (paperback) 1498553974 (paperback) |