The State of Islam : Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan
by Saadia Toor
Published by : Oxford University Press (Karachi) Physical details: xii,252 Pages 14x22 cm | HB ISBN:9780199401147. Year: 2011| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan.
Include Notes, References and Index.
The State of Islam tells the story of Pakistan through the lens of the Cold War, and more recently the War on Terror, to shed light on the domestic and international processes behind the global rise of militant Islam.
Unlike existing scholarship on nationalism, Islam and the state in Pakistan, which tends to privilege events in a narrowly-defined ‘political’ realm, Saadia Toor highlights the significance of cultural politics in Pakistan from its origins to the contemporary period. This extra dimension allows Toor to explain how the struggle between Marxists and liberal nationalists was influenced and eventually engulfed by the agenda of the religious right.
Timely and unique, this book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the roots of modern Pakistan and the likely outcome of current power struggles in the country.
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