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Making Sense of Pakistan
Farzana Shaikh
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Description for Making Sense of Pakistan
Paperback. Pakistan's transformation from a country once projected as a model of Muslim enlightenment to a state threatened by an Islamist take over dominates the headlines. This book argues that the country's social and political decline is rooted primarily in uncertainty about the meaning of Pakistan and the significance of 'being Pakistani'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Pakistan's transformation from a country once projected as a model of Muslim enlightenment to a state now threatened by an Islamist take over dominates the headlines. Many account for the change by pointing to Pakistan's controversial partnership with the United States since 9/11; others see it as a consequence of Pakistan's long history of authoritarian rule, which has marginalized liberal opinion and left the field open for inroads by the religious right. Farzana Shaikh argues that while external influences and domestic politics have unquestionably shaped the direction of change, the country's social and political decline is rooted primarily in uncertainty ... Read more
Pakistan's transformation from a country once projected as a model of Muslim enlightenment to a state now threatened by an Islamist take over dominates the headlines. Many account for the change by pointing to Pakistan's controversial partnership with the United States since 9/11; others see it as a consequence of Pakistan's long history of authoritarian rule, which has marginalized liberal opinion and left the field open for inroads by the religious right. Farzana Shaikh argues that while external influences and domestic politics have unquestionably shaped the direction of change, the country's social and political decline is rooted primarily in uncertainty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659655
SKU
V9781850659655
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Ref
99-10
About Farzana Shaikh
Farzana Shaikh (PhD Columbia), most recently a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, has taught at the universities of Cambridge, SOAS, Pavia and Basle. She is the author of Community and Consensus in Islam: Muslim Representation in Colonial India, 1860-1947 (Cambridge University Press).
Reviews for Making Sense of Pakistan
'Shaikh's knowledge is encyclopedic, her methods of analysis simple but intense, her writing beautifully lucid - there is nobody better to explain what Barack Obama calls the most dangerous place in the world.'
Ahmed Rashid, author of Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid, author of Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia